ORGANS OF KEPKODUCTJON. 2-13 



Fig. 493. Fig. 494. Fig. 495. 



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Fig. 493. Dilated tootlied filament of a species of 



Allium. • Fig. 494. Pistil and androecium of 



Crambe. The longer filaments are forked Fig. 



495. A stamen of the Borage {Borago ojfkinalis). f. 

 Filament, a. Curved appendage to the filament. 

 7. Anther. 



order Boraginere to which it belongs, the filaments are very sliort 

 (Jig 496); in the Primrose and Primulacere generally, a similar 

 condition occurs. In the Fuchsia, Lily, Grasses (Jig. 490), &c., 

 they are generally very long. 



In colour tliey are usually white, but at other times they 

 assume vivid tints like the corolla; thus in the Spiderwort 

 ( Tradescantid), they are blue, in various species of Eanuuculus, 

 CEnothera, &c., yellow, in some Poppies, black, in Fuchsia, 

 &c., red. 



Fiq. 496. 



Fig. 4 07. 



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Fig. 496. Corolla of JTi/osotis laid open. There are five stamens attached to 



the corolla and included within its tube, with very short filamen s 



Fig. 497. Male flower of Euphorbia, consisting of a solitary stamen b, 

 ■without any floral envelopes surrounding it, hence it is said to be raked or 

 achlamydeous. a. Articulation, indicating the point of union of the true 

 filament and peduncle p. 



In direction, the filaments and consequently the stamens are 

 either erect, incurved, recurved, pendulous, &c.; these terms being 



