ILLUSTRATION No. 18. 



Sketch C. 



Female Flower ( X 8 diameters) 



Scales (Sepals & Petals) . . . . a. b. c. d. e. 



Carpels f.h.k. 



The sharp hooked portion at the tip of 

 the carpel is the stigma. 



B 



Sketch D. 



Female Flower after two of the three car-pels 

 have been shed ( X 5 diameters). The 

 single remaining carpel will form the date 

 fruit. 



Sketch E. 



Vertical Section of a Carpel ( X 8 diameters). 



(A) Stigma. The part which receives the pollen grain. 



(B) Ovule. After fertilisation it becomes the seed. 



(C) Carpel wall. After the ovule is fertilised it becomes the edible part of the fruit. 



(See paras. 6, 8, 9 & 69, pages 11 to 13, & page 98.) 



