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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



FIG. 1. A SERIES OF THE OPENING STAMENS. 



are all on one side of the blossom, and 

 the stamens, in proportion to the size 

 of the entire bloom, are the longest of 

 an}- others with which 1 am familiar. 

 From their length and sprawling posi- 

 tion in the flower, both of which sug- 

 gest the sprawling legs of the spider. 



i be plant takes its name of spider 

 plant. The foliage too is charmingly 

 ornamental. The pistil also "shoots" 

 out to an astonishing length soon after 



the flower opens. At first it is only 

 about an eighth of an inch long but 

 speedily extends to three, four or even 



FIG. 2. ONE OF THE CLEOME FLOWERS GREATLY ENLARGED. 



