FRUCTIFICATION. 
Tas. IX. 
A transverse section of the ovarium of BLeria VERECUNDA; 
from a sketch by Mr. Bauer in 1801. 
This explains the plan upon which the ovarium of all Orchidex is 
formed. It consists of six unequal pieces ; of which three are smaller 
than the rest, and opposite the sepals ; the three others opposite the 
petals ; the latter only bear the placente, which are two-lobed, and 
covered with an infinite multitude of ovula. The axis of each piece of 
the ovarium is occupied by a bundle of vessels. Magnified 60 times. 
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