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the corolla is also always inferior; or that the 

 leaves themselves are merely a continuation of the 

 bark, and not distinct organs. 



The figure of the ovary is roundish, as in the Its figure. 

 Cherry ; or egg-shaped, as in the Pink ; or oblong, 

 as in Goafs-beard ; or prism-shaped, as in Wall- 

 flower ; or turbinated, as in Fescue-grass ; or com- 

 pressed, as in the Vetch. In its structure it is 

 simple, as in the Apple and Pear ; or double, as 

 in Galium ; or divided into four, as in Labiate 

 flowers. It consists also of one cell, as in the 

 Hazel ; or of two, as in Wall-flowers ; or of se- 

 veral, as in the Spurge and Beech. The surface 

 is generally smooth or slightly pubescent ; but 

 sometimes it is set with rough hairs, as in Caucalis 

 nodosa ; and sometimes with glands, as in Chei- 

 ranthus. 



The style which is the middle portion of the The style. 

 pistil, is a prolongation of the substance of the 

 ovary, issuing generally from its upper extremity, 

 but sometimes also from the side or base ; and ter- 

 minating for the most part in the stigma. If it 

 issues from the upper extremity of the ovary, as 

 in the Tulip, it is said to be terminal; if from the 

 side, as in the Rose, it is said to be lateral ; and 

 if from the base, as in the Strawberry, it is said to 

 be basil iar. It is not however altogether essential 

 to the formation of a perfect flower, and is con- 

 sequently often wanting, as in the Poppy ; though Sometimes 

 the ovary and stigma never are. But when pre- * 



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