624 Benson and IV els ford.- — The Morphology of the Ovule and 
Text-fig. I. 1-7. Juglans regia. Seven diagrams of transverse sections through the female 
flower. 1. In region near apex where the cupule and perianth are becoming free. 2. The cupule 
rim is still free, but the four perianth leaves are adherent to the ovary. 3-7 show the greater 
development of one carpel with its fertile placenta. 
b = barren placenta, cb = cupule bundles, d = dorsal bundles of carpel, ib — integumentary 
bundle. I = loculus, p = packing tissue, pb = perianth bundles, s = septum, v — ventral 
bundle of carpel or placental bundle. 
