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parenchyma groups, arranged with tlieir tips toward the centre, as the point 

 of transition into tlie fi\e carpels. Each of these displayed an epidermal 

 covering and a parenchymatous inner tiesh. In the cross-section shown 

 in Fig. 104. through the receptacle of the apple we see that the future flesh 

 is already traversed by numerous, regularly arranged vascular bundles (g). 

 The receptacle, covered with a firm epidermis (c), extends, toward the inner 

 side, into five anchor-like branches (a). These are the five ovaries into 

 which the pistil has widened. On their reflexed edges, which in the cross- 

 section look like the flukes of an anchor (r). the seed-primordia are formed 



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Fig'. 104. Cross-section throagh a young receptacle of the apple injured by frost, 



in the under part of the receptacle and get their nutrition through the vascu- 

 lar bundles (//r). The seed cavities {sf) and the cavity left free in the 

 centre {h) because the edges of the o^ aries have not united, are lined with 

 regular epidermis {c). The cells of the epidermis of the axillary side {hr), 

 as also within the fruit cup, are found to be richest in contents and, there- 

 fore, most deeply browned, while the central, at first meristematic part of 

 each ovary is only slightly discolored. 



A splitting of the tissue manifesting itself in the appearance of tan- 

 gential holes (/), due to the separation of the collenchymatous layers {c) 



