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BOTANY 



PART II 



Flowers diclinous ; monoecious or less commonly dioecious. Calyx and corolla 

 adherent below. Anthers united in pairs or all coherent. CO-shaped. Ovary 



Fio. 72-2.—CitruUus chcynthU (I uat. size). 1, Shoot with male and female flowers. 3, Apex of a 

 shoot with a male flower-bud and tendrils. J, Male flower with corolla spread out. A, Female 

 flower cut through longitudinally. 5, Young fruit cut transversely. Official. 



trilocular (Fig. 723). Fruit, a berry, with a firm rind and six large, succulent, 

 parietal placentas. The family is confined to tropical and warm temperate regions. 



