The pollen grains grow down from the stigma to
fertilize the ovules
in the ovary at the base of the style.
It may contain one or
more ovules, in one or more parts.
Each carpel
contains two ovules
( female reproductive cells or eggs ), which will grow into seeds.
It is the male element which
fertilized the ovule.
This grows down through the style until it
reaches an ovule.
Eventually the tip of the pollen tube finds its way through the small hole in the integuments
surrounding the ovule
and penetrates it.
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