DICOTYLEDONS 



style, in its upper and inner part. If a single stamen is p'alled 

 out and examined with a hand lens, a thick cap will be noticed 

 on the top of the anther. This is an extension of the tissue 

 (called connective) that connects the two halves of the anther. 



Fig-. 4. — Tlie Custard Apple {Anona squamosa). 



It may also be noticed that the anthers are on the outer side of 

 the stamen. (Sucli stamens are termed extrorse. The stamens 

 of the Lotus are iiitrorse.) 



Tlie carpels are free from one another (apocarpous) in the 

 flower, l)ut tliev are confluent in 



