(375) 
the development of the ovary of Micrampelis evidence of 
aborted carpels or ovules, it may be questioned whether in 
this form we have an ovary derived by reduction from one 
Fic. 4. Development of the gynoecium. 4 to D, Micrampelis,; Al, B, 
C, sections through different regions, a, 4, c, of the ovary, D. £ to O, 
Z 
clusters of rudimentary pistillate flow- 
through ovary of about the size indicated by U. 
having three or a greater number of carpels and a greater 
number of ovules, but from the fact that the prevailing num- 
ber of carpels in most of the members of this family is three 
