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alternate with them ; incurved in aestivation. Ovarij inferior, 

 crowned by a double fleshy disc {stijlopod), 2-celled, with a 

 solitary pendulous ovule in each cell ; styles 2, stigmas simple. 

 Fruit {figs. 1116-1118) a cremocarp consisting of 2 carpels 

 {jnericarjps) adhering by their face {commissure) to a common 

 axis {carjpopliore)^ which is imdivided or forked, from which they 



Fig. 1115. 



Fig. 1116. 



Fig. 1118. 



Fig.lWh. a. General umbel of Fool's Parsley (^^A?<sff Cynapium) in. trait, 

 b. One of the umbellules, showing the 3-leaved i;nilateral pendulous in- 



volucel. Fig. IIIG. A side view of the ripe fruit of Hemlock (Coniitm 



maculatum). Fig. 1117. Transverse section of the fruit of the same. 



Fig. 1118. Vertical section of one of the halves (mericarps) of the same 

 fruit. The letters refer to the s&me parts in the last three figures. 

 a. Ridges, b. Channels, d. Albumen. /. Embryo, g. Remains of the 

 styles, h. Axis. i. Prolonged axis or carpophore. 



ultimately separate and become pendulous ; each mericarp is an 

 indehiscent 1-seeded body, traversed on its dorsal surface by 

 ridges, a, of which there are usually 5 ; but sometimes there 

 are 4 others, alternating with them, in which case the former 

 are termed primary, and the latter secondary ridges ; sometimes 

 the primary ridges are absent ; the spaces between the ridges are 



