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EXERCISE XXXIII. 

 Direction of Ovules and Seeds. 



Ovules have an horizontal direction when they are 

 neither turned upward nor downward, as in Figs. 

 199 and 200. They are ascending when rising ob- 

 liquely upward, as in Fig. 201. 



FIG. 199. 



FIG. 200. 



FIG. 201. 



Ovules are said to be erect when rising upright 

 from the base of the cell (Fig. 202). They are sus- 

 pended when hanging perpendicularly from the sum- 

 mit of the cell (Fig. 203). They are pendulous when 

 hanging from near the top (Fig. 204). 



FIG. 202. 



FIG. 203. 



FIG. 204. 



