216 OF THE STAMENS 



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that is destitute of them, either in the same flower 

 with the pistils, or a separate one of the same species. 

 / A Stamen,y^ 176, commonly consists of twopartSy 

 /the Filament, a, Filamentum^ and Anther, b*, Anthe- 

 ra^ the former being merely what supports the latter, 

 which is the only essential part. Various forms and 

 proporttions of Filaments may be seen in the Tulip, 

 where they are six in number, thick and short, Engl, 

 Bot. t. 63 ; the Pink, where they arc ten, much more 

 slender, and answering to the idea of a filament or 

 thread, t. 62 ; and Anemone; t. 51, where they are 

 numerous. They are commonly smooth, but some- 

 times, as in Ferbascu?n, t. 58, 59, bearded. In Melal- 

 euca^ Exot. Bot. t. 36 and 50, they are branched ; 

 and in Prunella, Engl. Bot. t. 961, forked, one point 

 only bearing an Anther. In Aristolochia, t. 398, they 

 are wanting, and nearly so in Potamogeton^ t. 376, 

 &c. (107) 



* I submit to the opinion of Professor Martyn in adopting 

 this word, for the reasons given in his Language of Botany^ 

 more especially as general practice seems to favour its use. 



(107) [From the direction of their filaments, Stamens are said 

 to be 



Cojiniv ejitia, zonnlsQnx, when they approach each other at their 

 points. 



Incurva, incurved, when they are bent like a bow, as in 

 J'richoiitc77ia. 



Dedinata, declined, when th"ey tend towards the upper or un- 

 der side of the flower, as in Rhododendron. 



Exserta, exserted, when they project out of the flower. 



Inculsa, included, when they are contained within the flower.] 



