THE PISTIL. 93 



FIG. 178. FIG. 179. FIG. 180. FIG. 181. 





FIG. 182. FIG. 183. FIG. 184. 



FIG. 185. 



FALSE DISSEPIMENTS. It will be well to know 

 that, in many ovaries, there are partitions not formed 

 in the way described in Ex. XXX. The following are 

 instances of what are known as false dissepiments : 



FIG. 186. 



FIG. 187. 



Observe in Fig. 186 a partition going inward from 

 the dorsal suture, and nearly reaching the centre of 

 the flower. 



Fig. 1ST shows a similar false partition not quite 

 so much extended. 



