THE FLOWEK. 

 SCHEDULE THIRD. 



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EXERCISE XL 



Union of Floral Whorls with each other Calyx 

 and Pistil. 



In your study of fruits (" First Book of Botany," 

 Ex. LXVII.) did you always find the calyx at the 

 base of the ovary ? 



Have you ever seen upon the apex of ripened 

 fruit the withered calyx, or the scar left by its fall? 



Point out upon the charts all the cases where the 

 calyx is below the ovary. 



Point to those where the calyx is above it. 



Is the calyx in all the pictures upon the chart 

 either at the base or at the apex of the ovary ? 



For this exercise select flowers that have their 

 parts so well developed that you can see distinctly 



