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to be in front of the sepals (III., st). In other genera, 

 as Gnicl'ia, the complete number, eight, is present. 



The question arises — What do the so-called glands 

 represent ? They are not always present. They are 

 Arthroso'len and Passeri'na. Again, in 



wanting m 



Fig. 89.~Struth'iola. 



Gnid'ia, the glands look like solid anthers or else 

 like little petals ; so that one is tempted to think that 

 that is just what they once were, but that they have 

 "degenerated" into their present form. A common 

 feature of the calyx in these genera is to "split 



