242 ORGANOGRAPHY. 



Fig. 509. Fig. 510. Fig. oil. Fig. 512. 



Fig. 513. 



Fig. 509. A male naked flower of a species of Euphorbia, 

 showing the two lobes of the aiitiier, aii(i tlie almost 



total absence of the connective.- Fig. olQ. A stamen 



of the Lime (Tilla) siiowing the large consiective sej'a- 



rating tlie lolies of tlie anther. Fi(/. .511. An inside 



view of a stamen of Magnolia glnuca, showing the ad- 

 nate antlter and prolonged connective. — -Fig. 512. Two 

 lit'imens of the Heartsease (F/oto tricolor). The connec- 

 tive of one (if them is iirolonged downwards in the form 



of a spur. Fig. 5i:!. .S.iKittate anther lobes of the 



Oleander (Nrrium Oleavder'i. The connective is jiro- 

 longed upwards iu the form of along feathery process. 



{Nerium Oleander) {fig. 513), or in various other ways. At 

 other times again, it is prolonged downwards and backwards as 

 a kin^l of spur, as in the Heartsease {fig. 512). Anthers with 

 such appendiiges are termed appendlculate . 



Form of the. Anther Lobes and Anther. — The lobes of the anther 

 assume a variety of forms. Thus in Mercuricdis annua {fig. 

 515), they are somewhat rounded; very frequently they are 

 more or less oval, as in the Almond {fig. 516) ; in the Acalypha 



Fig. 514. Fig. 515. 



516. Fig. 517. 



Fig. 514. A gt.imen of a species of Acalypha 

 in the bud state. /. Filament. I. Linear 



nnther lobes. Fig. 51.5. A stamen of 



Mnrcurialis a7i7>ua. /.Filament, c. Con- 

 nective. I, I. Hounded anther lobes, de- 



Jiisciiig longitudinally. Fig. 5IG. An 



anther of the Almond (AmygdalaH com- 



wur/i'') with ov.il Iol)e8, J. f. Filament. Fig. 517. Tl»e linear and sinuose 



anther lobes, I, attached to the filament, /, of the couimon bryony (Bryvnia 

 dioicau The above figures are from Jussieu. 



