THE FLOWEE 



ring to the fact that the insertion of the other parts is 

 under the ovary. 



Hypogyny is very largely displayed among flowers, but 

 there is to be observed a tendency in some to carry the 

 insertion of the outer parts higher up. "When tlie outer 

 parts arise from the rim of an urn-like outgrowth from the 



Fig. '21.^5. Flowers of Rose family: i, a hypogynous 

 flower of PottidUla. sejuiK. petals, and stamens 

 arisins: from beneath the head of carpels; 2, a 

 perigynous flower of AtchfinlUa. sepals, petals, 

 and stamens arisini^ from rim of um-like pro- 

 longation of the receptacle, which surrounds the 

 carpel; 3. an epigynou^ flower of the common 

 apple, in which all the parts seem to arise from 

 the top of the ovary, two of whose loculi are 

 seen. — After Focke. 



receptacle, which surrounds the pistil or pistils, the flower 

 is said to \)e perigynous (Figs. 205, ,', 20(3). meaning " around 

 the pistil." Finally, the insertion is carried above the ovary, 

 and sepals, petals, and stamens seem to arise from the top 

 of the ovary (Fig. 205, J), such a flower being epigynous. 

 the outer parts appearing '•upon the ovary.'' In such a 

 case the ovary does not appiear within the flower, but below 

 it (Figs. 20.% 252, 261), and the flower is often said to have 

 an • • inferior ovary. " 



123. Apocarpous to syncarpous flowers. — In the simpler 

 flowers the carpels are entirely distinct, each carpel organ- 



