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Fr.OWKRS OF LAKES, RIVF.RS, ETC. 



down at the outer ends. The styles are petaloid with broad appen- 

 dages, and opposite them and below are the 3 stamens, which arc 

 inserted at the base, with free anther-stalks, and basitixed anthers 



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Photo I., K, I Horn 



which open externally. The llowers are lar^e and conspicuous, the 

 stigmas arching over the stamens. The petaloid sepals and golden 

 stigmas, also petaloid, render the flowers conspicuous. The honey 

 is secreted at the base of the flower. The style is opposite the anthers 

 and large, with 3 large, flat branches, the appendages resembling 

 a petal, which arch oxer thi? anthers and oiUcr jicrianth -segment. 



