PLATE 8

A. Tangential section through young locule showing developing ovules, x40; (rb) reticulum bundles, (o) ovules. B. Portion of young stigmatic tissue, x 120. C. Tangential section through ovary showing appressed stigmatic (transmitting) tissue, x180; (ve) ventral carpellary epidermes, (m) mucilaginous material, (1) locule.