Text-book of botany, morphological and physiological . Fig. 3SS.—Gynxceum of Saxifyaga cordi/olia; A longitudinal section, g style, n stigma; B horizontal section at different heights, / placenta. polycarpellary ovary results when the margins of the carpels project inwardly sofar that they meet or cohere either in the axis or periphery of the ovary, theelongation of the floral axis in the centre frequently contributing to this mode of cohesion of the carpels in multilocular ovaries may vary greatly inother respects, according as it takes place along the whole length of their inflexe
Text-book of botany, morphological and physiological . Fig. 3SS.—Gynxceum of Saxifyaga cordi/olia; A longitudinal section, g style, n stigma; B horizontal section at different heights, / placenta. polycarpellary ovary results when the margins of the carpels project inwardly sofar that they meet or cohere either in the axis or periphery of the ovary, theelongation of the floral axis in the centre frequently contributing to this mode of cohesion of the carpels in multilocular ovaries may vary greatly inother respects, according as it takes place along the whole length of their inflexedmargins, or only below, while the upper parts resemble a whorl of monocarpellary ANGIOSPERMS. 493 ovaries (Figs. 355—358). Since the margins of the carpels which meet in thecentre become developed into the placentae, the ovules make their appearance inthe central angles of the loculi, as is seen in Fig. 357; but very commonly themargins of the carpels which turn in as far as the centre then split into two. Z?
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