CONTKNTS. 



2. Personate or Masked 227 



3. Ligulate or Strap-shaped . . . .228 

 Anomalous Fonns, and Appendages of Petals . 229 



Section 4. 



THE ESSENTIAL OEGANS OF EEPRODrCTION 



232 



1. The Androecium 



1. The Filament 



Form .... 



Length, Colour, and Direction 



2. The Anther 



Its Development and Structure 

 Attachment of the Filament to the Anther 



Connective 



Form of the Anther-lobes and Anther 

 Dehiscence of the Anther 



1. Longitudinal 



2. Transverse .... 



3. Porous 



4. Valvular .... 

 The Stamens generally, or the Androecium 



1. Number 



2. Insertion or Position 



3. Union 



4. Eelative Length .... 

 ThePoUen 



Development and Structure 

 AVall or Coats of the Pollen-cell 

 Contents of the Pollen-cells, or Fovilla 

 Form and Size of the Pollen 

 Dehiscence of the Pollen 



2. The Disk .... 



3. The Gyncecium or Pistil 

 The Carpel 



Nature of the Carpel 



Structure of the Carpel 



Ovary . 



Style . 



Stigma . 



The Grynoeoium 



1. Apocarpous Pistil 



2. Syncarpous Pistil 

 The Ovary 



Placentation 



1 . Kinds of Placentation 



2. Origin of the Placenta 



