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didynamous stamens, but some of them, e.g. those of the genus Salvia (see fig. 271, 

 p. 262), have two stamens, as have also the species of the genus Veronica (see fig. 257, 

 p. 226) of the family Scrophulariaceae, and the majority of the Jasminaceas and 

 Oleacefe (see fig. 283 ^). Most of the Tubiflora) possess five stamens. The curious 

 modification of the androicium of Asclepiadacese has been fully described on p. 257, 



435.— BanuDcnlaceee. 



' Eelleborus niger (reduced J). * Mvosurus minimut, complete plant with flowers and flower-buds (nat. size). « A single 

 flower of Myosurtu (magnifled^ 



et seq. In the Apocynacese the two opposite carpels are separate at the base and 

 connate at the upper end only. The fruit of Labiate and Boraginaceae resolves 

 itself when it is ripe into four one-seeded nutlets. The seeds of Apocynaceae and 

 Asclepiadaceae are furnished with a plume of hairs. In most of the Tubiflorje the 

 base of the pistil is partially or completely surrounded by swollen tissue which 



