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It should be noted, however, that the epigyny is in 

 some cases only discernible by the position of the minute 

 perianth in the pistillate flowers e.g. Oaks, Beech, 

 Walnut, Hornbeam, Hazel, Chestnut the staminate 

 flowers being morphologically hypogynous, though there 

 is no ovary present to which the insertions can be referred. 



