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where there is only one whorl. Flowers with both 

 the essential whorls are said to be monoclinous or 

 HERMAPHRODITE, Or bisexual, or perfect; flowers 

 with only one essential whorl diclinous, unisexual, 

 or imperfect. Diclinous flowers are either male, that 

 is, staminate, or female, that is, pistillate. When 

 the flowers on a plant are all unisexual, but some of 

 them staminate and some pistillate, they are said to 



Fig. 77. — Panpe {Carica Papaya) 



f, Female flower 5. tt Seen from top. h, Seen from bottom. 

 fr, Section of fruit. 



, Stigma. 



be MONCECious; and when the staminate and ptsitiH- 

 late flowers are on separate plants of the same species, 

 they are said to be dicecious; when the flowers on 

 the same plant are some bisexual and some, unisexual, 

 they are said to be polygamous. 



The flowers that have hitherto been mentioned are 

 almost all hermaphrodite and dichlamydeous. The 

 flowers of shasha or Cucumber, belati-kumrha or 

 Gourd, tarmuz or Water-melon, lal-bharenda {Jatro- 

 pha gossypifolia), bag-bharenda {Jatropha Curcas), 

 Castor-oil (rerhi) plant (see fig. 233), are diclinous 

 and monoecious ; the flowers of panpe or Papaw (figs. 

 77, 78), pituli (see figs. 236, 237), pan or Betel-leaf 



