THE STAMEN. TD 
418. The stamens are hypogynous or inferior, when they, 
or the monopetalous corolla on which they are placed, are 
inserted under the ovary, or pistil: as Poppy (Papaver), 
Crowfoot (Ranunculus), the Crucifere. See Frontispiece, 
Fig. 5, the Common Red Poppy, in which the stamens are 
seen to be inserted at the base of the central body—the pis- 
til, or ovary. 
Fig. 39, 419. The stamens are perigynous, or 
around the ovary, when they are inserted 
into the calyx, as in the Rose and other 
Rosacee. See Fig. 39, the flower of the 
Dog-rose, the petals being removed. — 
420. The stamens are epigynous, or 
superior, when they are inserted above 
the ovary, as in the Umbellifere. See 
also Frontispiece, Fig. 6. The terms “in- 
ferior’”’ and “* superior” are often applied 
to the perianth, indicating the same situation in that organ, — 
as when applied to the stamens. The situation of the sta- 
mens is a point of great importance in a natural sc pages 
of plants. 
421. In general the stamens area with, or are op- 
posite to the sepals, being alternate with the petals, or oppo- 
site to the spaces between them ; and they are frequently of 
the same number as the petals, or some multiple of that num- 
ber. 
422. Petals frequently develope in place of stamens, which 
are considered as modified petals,—the filament being analo- 
gous to the claw, the anther to the lamina. And asthe petal _ : 
is considered as a modified leaf, the stamen must necessarily 
be also a rhodified leaf, the filament representing the petiole, 
and the anther the amina or disk of the leaf. This maybe 
seen in the flower of the Nymphza alba or White Water — a 
Lily, in which the petals may frequently be observed inevery 
degree of metamorphosis, from the perfectly developed ae 
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