60 MORPHOLOGICAL BOTANY. 



Duration op the Gyncecium. — The gynoecium does 

 not fall off as the other parts of the flower commonly do, but 

 it becomes the Fruit when fully ripened. 



Kinds op the G-YNoecruM. — The gynoecium is composed 

 either of separate carpels, as in the Fukujuso (Adonis 

 amurensis) and Kimpoge (Fig. 72), or of more or less united 

 ones, as in the Oniyuri (Fig. 73) and Sumire (Fig. 74). 

 In the former case it is said to be Apocarpous, and in the 

 latter Syncarpous. 



„ ( Apocarpous Gyncecium. 



Kinds op the gyncecium-^ „ 



[ Syncarpous Gynoecium. 



FlQ - 72 - The apocarpous gyncecium may consist 



of either but one carpel, as in the Sakura 



(Fig. 55) and Yendo, or two or more, as in 



the Kimpoge (Fig. 72) and Fukujuso. In 



the former case it is said to be Simple, and 



in the latter Multiple. 



FlG apocarpous iple -"- n *^ e mu l*iple apocarpous gynoecium 



gynoecium of the the ventral suture of each carpel is turned 



Kimpoge (Ra- 

 nunculus acris). inwards. 



. .-, ( Simple Apocarpous Gyncecium. 



Apocarpous Gyncecium \ ,,,:.,, „ 



( Multiple Apocarpous Gynoecium. 



The syncarpous gynoecium may be two- or more-celled 

 being composed of two or more completely closed carpels, 

 as in the Oniyuri (Fig. 73) and Nashi, or one-celled being 

 composed of those more or less open carpels which are 

 united together by their contiguous margins, as in the 

 Keshi and Sumire (Fig. 74), or one-celled from the rupture 

 •of dissepiments, as in the Hakobe (Stellaria media) and 

 Gampi. 



The syncarpous gyncecium of the first kind is said to 

 be Multilocular, and that of the second and the third 

 Unilocular. 



