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the ovary (Fig. 177, p). Try examples of this in 

 the bramble, and common avens or herb bennet 



But sometimes when the rim of the flower-stalk is 

 extended far upwards, or a calyx tube far downwards, 

 around the ovary, the calyx, corolla, and stamens, as 

 the case may be, appear as if they were inserted upon 

 the top of the ovary. In this case the ovary is 



K 



Fig- *77' & Hypogynous. P Perigynous. E Epigynous. a top of 



stem or axis, k calyx, c corolla. s stamens, f carpels, n stigma. 



sk ovule. 



"inferior" (p 118), and the flower is said to be 

 " epigynous?* as in the carrot, cow-parsnip, or vege- 

 table marrow (Fig. 177 E). 



The following terms are also ' used to mark the 

 various positions of the stamens. A flower is 



Thalamifloral when they spring from the flower- 

 stalk below the ovary (starrrens hypogynous). 



Discifloral when they are inserted upon the expan- 

 ded top or disc of the flower-stalk (stamens perigynous). 



* See note * on page 214. 



