. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Oau^pel.—One of the divisions, or cells, of theovary. 106 THE rmST BOOK OF BOTANY. Fig. 195. Fig. 196. Fig. Schedule Twenty-eight, describing Fig. 195. Names of Parts. No. Description. Periantli ? J^o/yAdy//om, ieau/ai. .^z^eav-ed. 6. Stamens ? d. G^iee, Q^i/amen^. cn^naei. Q^nl^ei, ? Ut/ona. Pistil? ^ai^ed. J. ^ye. Q^ dcna/e commn. c/uama. O/Aiee-Zoo^ec/. THE FLOWEE. 107 The question Pistil ? is now added to tlie sched-ule, and is to be answered in the same way as thequestions Perianth ? and Stamens ? F


. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Oau^pel.—One of the divisions, or cells, of theovary. 106 THE rmST BOOK OF BOTANY. Fig. 195. Fig. 196. Fig. Schedule Twenty-eight, describing Fig. 195. Names of Parts. No. Description. Periantli ? J^o/yAdy//om, ieau/ai. .^z^eav-ed. 6. Stamens ? d. G^iee, Q^i/amen^. cn^naei. Q^nl^ei, ? Ut/ona. Pistil? ^ai^ed. J. ^ye. Q^ dcna/e commn. c/uama. O/Aiee-Zoo^ec/. THE FLOWEE. 107 The question Pistil ? is now added to tlie sched-ule, and is to be answered in the same way as thequestions Perianth ? and Stamens ? First write thename of its parts underneath, and then find out, ifYOU can, the number of carpels that compose theovary. It is sometimes quite difficult to do this, butit is well always to make the effort. When the car-pels cannot be distinguished, you determine theirnumber by counting the styles, and, if these aregrown smoothly together, then count the lobes of thestigma. It is very seldom that this part of the pistilis so coherent that the lines of union are can often, in this way, find out the number ofcarpels in a pistil, when every other means fails. Indescribing the vario


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