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dron, and plants of the order Magnoliaceae generally, the thala- 

 mus is cylindrical (fig. 407, a) ; in plants also of the order 

 Anonacese it usually acquires a somewhat similar form ; in the 

 Easpberry [fig. 409, I) and species of Banunculus (fig. 270) it 

 is conical ; in the Strawberry {fig. 272) hemispherical ; in 



Fig 278. 



Fig. 279. 



Fig. 280. 



Fig. 278. thai. Thalamus of Neliimbium. carp. Carpels. Fig, 279. Mon- . 



stroua development of the flower of the Rose, showing the axis prolonged 



beyond^the flower and bearing foliage leaves. Fig. 280. Flower of a 



species of Gynandrop.^is, belonging to Capparidaceie. cal. Calyx, cor. 

 Corolla, thai. Prolonged thalamus or gyuophore, supporting the stamens, 

 si, and ovary, ov. 



Nelumbium (fig. 278, ihal) it is a large tabular expansion in 

 which there are a number of cavities containing the separate 

 carpels. In the Rose it forms a deep cup upon the sides of which 

 the carpels are placed (fig. 285, r, r). 



In the PrimulaoetE, Santalaees, and in all cases where the 



