FLOWERS THE PISTIL. 



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But let us see what the ovaries are like inside. 

 Sometimes they are simple boxes, or bags, without 

 any partitions (Fig. 102, A B). 



But sometimes they have partitions inside them 

 to divide them into compartments, or " locjili." 

 So an ovary is <: unilocular"* or multilocular* or 

 more particularly, " bilocular," * trilocidar, etc., 



Fig. 102. Ovaries with tops cut off (transverse sections). A unilocu- 



lar, b ventral suture, r dorsal suture, B unilocular, C chambered (but 



unilocular), D multilocular (5-celled), p, the placenta. 



according to the number of its compartments (Fig. 102 

 D. cf. g6c). Sometimes the partitions do not reach 

 so as to divide the ovary into separate compartments, 

 but only partly so. Such a unilocular ovary is des- 

 cribed as chambered (Fig. 102 C, 123 c). These 

 partitions are called dissepiments^ and are generally, 

 but not always, made by the carpel leaves. You will 

 know more about them in due time. 



Now I want you to notice particularly the little eggs 

 or ovules (p. 115) which are inside the ovaries. So let 

 us look for a primrose, pea, or bean, or other flower that 



* From the Latin " umts," one; "mtt/tus," many; " fo>," two; 

 " tres" three, and so on with the other numbers ; and " loculus " (loctis), 

 a little place, a pocket. 



t From the Latin " dissepio" I separate. 



