Carpel margin

The internal compitum is continuous with the external one and extends down to the transition between the symplicate and the synascidiate zone of the ovary (Fig 8.7A-H). At the transition between the synascidiate and the symplicate zones, only one of the two margins of each carpel differentiates into an axile lateral placenta and bears a single ovule. Sometimes a locule is empty at anthesis (Fig 8.7A,... 

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