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ACADEMIC BOTANY. 



we see the reverse; here (Fig. 175, A) it hulges up into a fleshy 



mass (the fruit), in which the 

 small apocarpous pistils are em- 

 bedded. In the Calycanthus 

 (Fig. 176) it is urceolate, but 

 there is no calyx-tube ; the dis- 

 tinct sepals are in spirals on its 

 outer surface. Sometimes its cen- 

 tre is stipitaie, prolonged into a 

 stalls, or stipe ; this is called an 

 Anihophore (flower-bearer) when 

 it lifts petals, stamens, and pistils 

 above the calyx, as in the Pinks 

 fFig. 174, A).' It is a Carpophore 

 (carpel-bearer) in the Fennel (Fig. 

 174, E) ; here the fruit is called a 

 Cremocarp (hanging fruit) ; the 

 2 separate carpels are Meriearps 

 (half-fruits) ; their line of union 

 is a Commissure. The stipe be- 

 comes a Oonophore (Gr. family- 

 bearer) when it lifts the stamens 

 and pistils above the other floral 



F,G. 178.-1, vert, sec.'of fl. of Myrtle P"j'=> f\ '" the Magnolia (Fig. 

 {Myrtits communxa). 2, branch, with fls. •■oo, A) and Custard - A p p 1 e 



Family ; a Oynophore, or woman- 

 bearer, when it lifts the pistil alone, as in the Caper (Fig. 177) and 

 Passion-flower (Fig. 155). 



279. The Disk (L. discus, quoit) is an ex- 

 pansion of the torus, under, around, or above 



FlQ. 179. — B, Pistil of Flowering Cherry (CeraettB einenain) reverting to If. form. A, 

 true pistil, vert. sec. C, carpel of Bulomus umbellatuB^ trans, sec. D, ovary of Drosera 

 filiformis. E, ovary of Yocltysia rotundifolia. F, ovary of AgrosUmma GUItdgo, G, do. of 

 Brasenia peltala. 



the ovary. It is Epigynous when above the ovary, as 

 in the Myrtle (Fig. 178) ; Hypogynous, below the ovary, 

 as in the Orange, Vine (Fig. 4), and Cashew (Fig. 76); 



