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and bear the pollen in two lobes near the point, 

 which open longitudinally when ripe. The 

 inner row of stamens are without anthers, and 

 form a kind of vandyke edging to the pistil, as 

 shown at e. The pistil consists generally of six- 

 teen carpels, growing together into a vase-like, 

 many-celled berry, as shown at d; the spread- 

 ing stigmas, which have also grown together, 

 lid. The carpels are com- 



forming a kind of 





Fig. 110. — Thk flower, leaf, and seed-vessel of the White 

 Water-lily, greatly reduced in size. 



pletely enclosed by the receptacle which rises 

 up round them, and forms a thick fleshy cover- 

 ing, as shown at f. The seeds are numerous, 

 and they are covered with a thick leathery 

 skin. The embryo is small, and it is surrounded 

 by a great mass of floury albumen. The 



