202 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [mance 
carpels. That these are midribs is the more certain since the sutuy 
upon which the single ovule is borne is midway between two of then 
The ovule is borne upon the posterior side of the ovary. The stamens 
in this species stand directly opposite the midribs of the carpels. The 
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Fic. 2.—Longitudinal section of flower of Arundinaria, with pa wen ‘ 
to the insertion of the vascular bundles of the lodicules. Lettering same aS 
inner whorl, present in some species of bamboos, is suppressed Bet ot q 
The lodicules alternate with the stamens and may be considered | a 
fore the inner whorl of the perianth. The lodicules are all a 
form and in structure. The anterior ones do not give the — : 
of being “the lateral halves of a leaf.” Their inturned margits : 
metrically distributed bundles, narrowed base, and ye 
foliar units, the equivalents of petals. As to the height © our 
the posterior lodicule, there can be no doubt but what in 
is inserte i nterior ones. : @ 
d higher on the axis than the a d ae a 
