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Fig. 5. Iris or Flag. The nectary, in form 

 of a villous line, along the middle of 

 one of the reflex petals. 



Fig. 6. Fritillaria Imperialis. Crozvn Im- 

 perial, 

 a An excavation at the bafe of the petal, 

 " which is the neclary. 



Fig. 7. Alphodelus luteus. Yellow AfphodeL 



a The flower, mowing the fix ftamens, each 



fitting on its valve, and the fix valves 



forming an arch over the germ. 



b A fingle filament on its fcale, which is 



inferted into the bafe of the petal. 



Fig. 8. Helleborus foetidus. Stinking Black- 

 Hellebore, 



a The tubular nectaries placed in a ring at 



the bafe of the ftamens. 

 b A fingle neclary. 



