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grown pod. "What are these full-grown ripe bodies 

 called ? 



What name is given to pod and contents taken 

 together ? 



Answer. Fruit. 



What is every ovary and its contents ? 



Answer. It is fruit. The fruit of a plant is its 

 ripened ovary. 



By what words would you distinguish the young 

 from the mature ovary ? 



Examine all the flowers that are just fading, and 

 look for the ovules in their unripe fruit. Find the 

 ovules of a young apple. Of an unripe cucumber. 

 Of an unripe tomato. Of any unripe fruit you see 

 growing within reach. 



Observe the same plants when the fruit is ripe, 

 and compare the aspect of the seeds with the appear- 

 ance the ovules presented. 



Try to count the carpels in all the ovaries you 

 examine. Observe whether they are grown together 

 or not. Count the carpels shown in Fig. 197. Do 

 you see the three white lines passing outward from 

 the centre in this picture? Should you judge that 

 the carpels from which this picture was taken were 

 grown together ? Search, among plants that are go- 

 ing to seed, for ovaries resembling this one. 



