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the base of the whole, and afterwards becomes the 

 bearer of the seed ; the style, which is the slender 

 thread proceeding upwards from the ovary ; and on 

 the top of this is seated the stigma. This last receives 

 the pollen, which, descending through the style, 

 reaches and fertilizes the ovules, which become seeds, 

 by having an embryo or rudimentary plantlet formed 

 in them. 



The above are the principal parts which belong to 

 any flower. There, are however, many terms used in 

 botany, which only a glossary or dictionary of terms 

 used in describing plants, can furnish. 



