166 BOTANY. [chap. v. 



the specialized portion of the pistil on which the pollen is 

 deposited j while the use of the style, comparatively the 

 least important part of the pistil, and often entirely absent. 



Fig. 49. Fuchsia globosa. The flower has an inferior ovary, the 

 calyx is coloured and gamosepalous, the sepals being united to form 

 a tube for about half their length, the four tips being free and spread- 

 ing ; the corolla is polypetalous. All whorls of the flower consist of 

 four parts or multiples of four ; there are four sepals, four petals, 

 eight stamens, and four carpels forming the syncarpous, inferior ovary! 

 (Natural size.) 



as in the poppy, is for the purpose of placing the stigma 

 in the most favourable position for receiving the pollen. 

 Avery remarkable change in the position 'of the ovary, 

 relative to the other whorls of the flower, requires notice! 



