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which the ovary undergoes ee cies aa In the flower the 
and its orientation is in the tonigttadizal axis of the pistil. After 
that the longitudinal axis gets so displaced as to lie eventually at 
right angles to the pedicel with the persistent stigma at one end, 
whilst the seed experiences a displacement of its parts corresponding 
to figs. 9 and 10. The outer integument develops into a mainly 
crustaceous shell, the testa; the inner assumes oe pro- 
portions on the side opposite to the raphe and becomes of a spon 
consistence, with the sadrieee formation e lacunae wich are often 
large and irregular.—O. Sta 
Fie. 1, diagram of male sete 2, bud of male napotet Sd young; 3, the 
same, _, advanced; 4, perianth of male flower with the m re 5 
anther ; 6, fom ints flow wer ; ie perianth of female flower with the pistil removed ; 
8 Toigitudinal section of pistil; 9, mature fruit, cut open, so as to show the see 
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side of the seed; 13, seed, with the testa partly removed, showing the spongy 
tegmen; 14, aborted yous (see fig. 12). All enlarged. 
