FRUCTIFICATION. 
Tab. IX. 
A transverse section of the ovarium of Bletia verecunda ; 
from a sketch by Mr. Bauer in 1801. 
This explains the plan upon which the ovarium of all Orchidese is 
formed. It consists of six unequal pieces; of which three are smaller 
than the rest, and opposite the sepals; the three others opposite the 
petals; the latter only bear the placentae, which are two-lobed, and 
covered with an infinite multitude of ovula. The axis of each piece or 
the ovarium is occupied by a bundle of vessels. Magnified 60 times. 
