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ILLUSTRATION No. 33. 



a 



The paper behind the fruits is ruled into squares, each side of which is half a 

 centimetre in length. 



(a) Almost full grown normal seed- bearing fruits ; the two other carpels of the 



flower in each case have been shed long previously. 



(6) Cases where all three carpels of the flower are still developing. They are 

 Khassi (unfertilised and seedless) fruits. Where the carpels are fertilised, 

 two of the three carpels are shed from each flower when they are 

 the size of peas or less. 



(See page 98.) 



