FRUCTIFICATION, OR FLOWER AND FRUIT. 21 



ney, a nearly universal fluid in Flowers, but not 

 always lodged in any organ, distinct or separate 

 from the Petals (55). When it is so, the Nectary 

 is either an assemblage of Glands (47 :0), or a tu- 

 bular elongation of the Petal, or of the Calyx, or a 

 sort of Crown, or variously-formed appendage, to 

 the former. Honey brings insects about flowers, 

 to assist in the dispersion of the Pollen (58). 



58. Stamina, the Stamens, internal with respect to the 

 Corolla (54), are essential to every species of plant, 

 in some form or other. Each Stamen consists of 

 an Anthera, Anther, usually membranous, of two 

 cells, bursting lengthwise, or sometimes opening 

 by terminal pores, rarely by a lid or valve: and of 

 a Filamentum, Filament, various in length and pro- 

 portion, supporting the Anther, but not invariably 

 present. The Pollen, or Dust, contained in the An- 

 ther, consists mostly of fine grains, bursting with 

 moisture, and discharging an elastic vapour. In 

 some of the Orchis tribe, the Asclepiadece (48 :7), 

 fig. 1 85, Mirabilis, 167, and a few others, the Pollen 

 is glutinous, waxy, or elastic and very tenacious. 



59. Plstilla, the Pistils, central, essential, not al- 

 ways in the same Flower with the Stamens, but in 

 another of the same species. Each consists of a 

 Germen* or Seed-bud, which is essential ; /Stylus, 



* Gaertner, who is followed by the French and some others, prefers 

 the term Ovarium to Germen. But Ovarium is used by anatomists for 

 a peculiar animal organ, unknown in vegetables, and can only lead to 

 error, if applied to them. This has been shown long ago. 



