c, The one-celled ovary cut a, The anther, con transversely, having three taining pollen parietal placentas.

below upwards and leaving the placentas with the seeds attached to the replum or framework of the septum.

The ovary is incompletely divided into many chambers by the ingrowth of the placentas which bear numerous ovules and form in the fruit a many-seeded short capsule opening by small valves below the upper edge.

The ovary of passionflowers is one-celled with three parietal placentas, and bears at the top three styles, each capped by a large button-like stigma.

The flowers spring from, or are enclosed in, a spathe, and are unisexual and regular, with generally a calyx and corolla, each of three members; the stamens are in whorls of three, the inner whorls are often barren; the two to fifteen carpels form an inferior ovary containing generally numerous ovules on often large, produced, parietal placentas.

In many cases, however, the placentas are formations from the axis (axile), and are not connected with the carpellary leaves.

This is seen in cases where the margins of the carpel do not unite, but remain separate, and consequently two placentas are formed in place of one.

apocarpous, there are generally separ ate placentas at each of their margins.

- Diagrammatic section of a five-carpellary ovary, in which the edges of the carpels, bearing the placentas and ovules o, are not folded inwards.

The placentas are parietal, and the ovules appear sessile on the walls of the ovary.

In these cases the marginal placentas meet in the axis, and unite so as to form a single central one (figs.

In these instances the placentas may be formed at the margin of the united contiguous leaves, so as to appear single, or the margins may not be united, each developing a placenta.

- Diagrammatic section of a five-carpellary ovary, in which the septa (s) proceed inwards for a certain length, bearing the placentas and ovules (o).

In this case the ovary is unilocular, and the placentas are parietal.

From the centre, processes go to circumference, ending in curved placentas bearing the ovules.

Free central placentation, there fore, has been accounted for in two ways: either by supposing that the placentas in the early state were formed on the margins of 2 FIG.

carpellary leaves, and that in the progress of development these leaves separated from them, leaving the placentas and ovules free in the centre; or by supposing that the placentas are not marginal but axile formations, produced by an elongation of the axis, and the carpels verticillate leaves, united together around the axis.

At other times they are vertical, as in Datura, where the ovary, in place of being two-celled, becomes four-celled; in Cruciferae, where the prolongation of the placentas forms a vertical partition; in Astragalus and Thespesia, where the dorsal suture is folded inwards; and in Oxytropis, where the ventral suture is folded inwards.

The early scans had shown two separate placentas - one each side of the uterus.

c, The one-celled ovary cut a, The anther, con transversely, having three taining pollen parietal placentas.

below upwards and leaving the placentas with the seeds attached to the replum or framework of the septum.

The ovary is superior and one-celled, with three parietal placentas and numerous ovules; it bears a single style, which ends in a dilated or hood-like stigma (fig.

5), the perianth which is generally petaloid occupying the two outer whorls, followed by two whorls of stamens, with a superior ovary of three carpels in the centre of the flower; the ovary is generally three-chambered and contains an indefinite number of anatropous ovules on axile placentas (see fig.

It was the scene of two naval battles of the t Transverse section of the fruit of the melon (Cucumis melo), showing the placentas (p1), with the seeds attached to them.

The ovary is incompletely divided into many chambers by the ingrowth of the placentas which bear numerous ovules and form in the fruit a many-seeded short capsule opening by small valves below the upper edge.

The ovary of passionflowers is one-celled with three parietal placentas, and bears at the top three styles, each capped by a large button-like stigma.

The flowers spring from, or are enclosed in, a spathe, and are unisexual and regular, with generally a calyx and corolla, each of three members; the stamens are in whorls of three, the inner whorls are often barren; the two to fifteen carpels form an inferior ovary containing generally numerous ovules on often large, produced, parietal placentas.

In many cases, however, the placentas are formations from the axis (axile), and are not connected with the carpellary leaves.

This is seen in cases where the margins of the carpel do not unite, but remain separate, and consequently two placentas are formed in place of one.

apocarpous, there are generally separ ate placentas at each of their margins.

- Diagrammatic section of a five-carpellary ovary, in which the edges of the carpels, bearing the placentas and ovules o, are not folded inwards.

The placentas are parietal, and the ovules appear sessile on the walls of the ovary.

In these cases the marginal placentas meet in the axis, and unite so as to form a single central one (figs.

When the carpels in a syncarpous pistil do not fold inwards so that the placentas appear as projections on the walls of the ovary, then the ovary is unilocular (fig.

95) and the placentas are parietal, as in Viola (fig.

In these instances the placentas may be formed at the margin of the united contiguous leaves, so as to appear single, or the margins may not be united, each developing a placenta.

- Diagrammatic section of a five-carpellary ovary, in which the septa (s) proceed inwards for a certain length, bearing the placentas and ovules (o).

In this case the ovary is unilocular, and the placentas are parietal.

- Transverse section of the fruit of the Melon (Cucumis Melo), showing the placentas with the seeds attached to them.

From the centre, processes go to circumference, ending in curved placentas bearing the ovules.

may fold inwards very slightly, or they may be applied in a valvate manner, merely touching at their margins, the placentas then being parietal (fig.

Cases occur, however, in which the placentas are not connected with the walls of the ovary, and form what is called a free central placenta (fig.

Free central placentation, there fore, has been accounted for in two ways: either by supposing that the placentas in the early state were formed on the margins of 2 FIG.

carpellary leaves, and that in the progress of development these leaves separated from them, leaving the placentas and ovules free in the centre; or by supposing that the placentas are not marginal but axile formations, produced by an elongation of the axis, and the carpels verticillate leaves, united together around the axis.

At other times they are vertical, as in Datura, where the ovary, in place of being two-celled, becomes four-celled; in Cruciferae, where the prolongation of the placentas forms a vertical partition; in Astragalus and Thespesia, where the dorsal suture is folded inwards; and in Oxytropis, where the ventral suture is folded inwards.

Fraternal twins are easy to identify on an ultrasound as they always have their own placentas.

Retained placentas may also be a problem.

Watch for the placentas, and make sure each one comes out after the birth of the last kitten.

The implantation of several embryos and placentas in the endometrium of the uterus results in a competition for space and inevitably some implant in an area without good circulation.

If the two fetuses have separate amniotic sacs, they can either share a placenta or have two separate placentas.

The day the egg splits determines whether your twins will have one large placenta they share with two umbilical cords or two separate placentas.