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TIIE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 
Base.— The bottom of the ovary. The end at¬ 
tached to the peduncle. Figs. 244 and 245. 
Fig. 244 
A'pex. —Tlie top of the ovary. Fig. 244. 
Dissip'iments.— The partitions between the cells 
of syncarpous [carpels united] ovaries. Fig. 245. 
Fig. 245. 
Pari'etes.— The wall of the ovary. Fig. 245. 
Ax'is.—The central part of the ovary where the 
ventral sutures join together, a, Fig. 245. 
