gynophore

The pistil consists of several carpels, which are elevated on a stalk or gynophore prolonged from the receptacle.

In ripening the parts separate, and hang divergent from a hair-like prolongation of the receptacle known as the gynophore.

Lastly, a long gynophore, the apex of which had buried itself to the depth of about half an inch, was Fig.

In Capparidaceae the calyx and petals occupy their usual position, but the axis is prolonged in the form of a gynophore, to which the stamens are united.

After three weeks this gynophore was uncovered, and the apex was found at a depth of rather above half an inch developed into a small, white, oval pod.