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SYSTEMATIC BOTJLNY. 



with the petals. Ovaries apocarpous, 1-2, or 5 or numerous, 

 1 -celled, sometimes combined together in the excavated receptacle 

 (fig. 374) or tube of the calyx ; ovules 1 or few ; styles lateral 

 (fig. 377) or terminal. Fruit : a drupe, an achene, or a dry or 

 succulent etserio (figs. 375, 376), or a cynarrhodon or a pome 

 (fig. 378) ; seeds 1 or more, aperispermic ; embryo straight. 



Fig. 375. 

 Fig. 374. -v f* * ^ . 378< 



Pig. 374. Section of the flower of Rosa, showing the flower- tube enclosing the carpels. 



Fig. 375. Dry etaerio of Geum, with separate carpel in section. 



Fig. 376. Section of succulent etaerio of Rubus. 



Fig. 377. Ovary of Fragaria with lateral style. 



Fig. 378. Section of the pome of Mespilut. 



Fig. 379. Calyx of the Eo-e ; the numbers indicate the sequence of the sepals from without 



inwards, or from below upwards. 

 Fig. 380. Transverse section of pome of Apple, showing the five carpels imbedded in the 



fleshy flower-tube. 



