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slice of the ovary, with tin- iiiiinerous ovules crowded over the placeiit'de 

 a a. — 5. is a section of a ripe fruit, shewing the remains of the flower 

 adhering to its apex, and the seeds attached to the placentae a a, by 

 their long stalks. — ti. is a magnified view of a seed with its stalk, 

 raphe a, and chalaza b. — 7. A section of the same, to shew the embryo 

 lying in the base of the albumen ; b is the chalaza. — 8. is an embryo 

 much magnified. 



II. The Vine Tribe. — 1. A portion of a bunch of flowers of the 

 common Grape (Vitis vinifera). — 2. A magnified flower in the act of 

 opening ; the calyx a is at the base in the form of a cup ; the stamens c 

 are pushing off the petals b ; d are the glands of the disk. — 3. Is the 

 same flower after the petals have dropped off, and the stamens are libe- 

 rated ; here the ovary, with its sessile stigma, is distinctly seen in the 

 middle. — 4. A portion of a stamen magnified, with the anther in the 

 position it occupies when heaving up the petals ; see how it bends its 

 shoulders (I beg pardon, its shoulder) to the task. — 5. A magnified 

 view of the longitudinal section of a young grape ; a the calyx ; b a 

 ring from which the petals separate ; c the glands ; d the stigma. The 

 ovules are standing erect in the two cavities. — 6. A magnified view of 

 a slice of the ovary, shewing that there are two ovules in each cell. — 

 7. A section of a grape-berry. — 8. One of the seeds. — 9. A transverse 

 section of the last, shewing the external coat and the internal stone. — 

 10. A vertical section of the same, with the little embryo at the base of 

 the albumen. — 11. A highly magnified view of the dicotyledonous 

 embrvo. 



