text: Only the style and stigma project above the sepals , petals , and stamens , which appear to attach to the top of the ovary . This sort of ovary is called an inferior ovary , and the flower is said to be epigynous .
simplified: In those flowers in which the floral tube is fused with the ovary , the sepals , petals , and stamens appear to grow out from the top of the ovary , and the flower is said to be epigynous and have an inferior ovary .