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dria as an order. The pistil has the ovary com- 
posed of five single seeded carpels, from the summit 
of each of which rises a style; but the five are 
blended together into one, round a central axis. 
When the fruit ripens, the five carpels separate from 
each other, and also from the axis, except at the 
summit, where they remain for awhile attached. 
