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THE SECOND BOOK OF BOTANY. 



EXERCISE XXXIV. 

 Parts of the Ovule. 



FIG. 205. 



Primine. 



Apex of Ovule. 

 Secundine. 



Base of Ovule - 



BASE or OVULE. The point of union of the fti- 

 niculus and ovule ; not of the funiculus and placenta 

 (Fig. 205). 



APEX. The part of the ovule opposite the base 

 (Fig. 205). 



PRIMINE. The outer sac of an ovule (Fig. 205). 



SECUNDINE. The inner sac of an ovule (Fig. 205). 



These parts are again shown in Figs. 206 and 207, 

 along with others that appear when we make a section 

 of the ovule. 



FIG. 206. 

 Apex of Ovule. Micropyle. 



Base of Nucleus. 



Bhaphe. -- 



\ Chalaza. 



