SOLAN ACEjE 



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ovate and entire. The flowers (Fig. 241) are solitary, or 

 in twos or threes. The calyx is five-Iobecl, truncate, obcon- 

 ical, cup-shaped or funnel- 

 form. The corolla is white, 

 rotate, usually five-lobed, 

 with the lobes valvate. 

 There are ^YGStamens, some- 

 times six or seven, attached 

 near the base of the corolla; 

 the bluish anthers dehisce 

 longitudinally. The ovary is 

 usually two-celled, rarely 

 three-celled, and bears a 

 thread-Uke style, and numer- 

 ous ovules. The fruit (Fig. 

 242) is a berry, red or green 



in color, and short cylindrical or globular in shape 

 are many seeds in each fruit. 



^corolla lobei 

 -'Siamen 

 -cahx lobe 



2- celled 

 ovary 



Fig. 241. — Median longitudinal 

 section of pepper flower (Capsicum 

 annuum). X 2. 



There 



Fig. 242. — Cross and lengthwise sections of the fruit of pepper (Capsicum 



annuum) . 



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