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And the lily has but one pistil (this is tall and 
slender), while the marsh marigold has many short, 
thick ones, which you do not see in the picture. 
So these two flowers use the same building plan in a 
general way only. They are quite unlike in 
important details. 
The pretty little liverwort and the delicate 
anemone use the same building plan as the 
marsh marigold. This is not strange, as all 
three flowers belong to the same family. 
The yellow adder’s tongue is another lily. It is built 
on the usual lily plan : — 
I. Six flower leaves. 
2. Six stamens. 
3. One pistil. 
The wild ginger (Fig. 213) uses the lily plan, inasmuch 
as it has no separate calyx and corolla; but otherwise it 
is quite different. It has no separate flower leaves, but 
one three-pointed flower cup. It has stamens, and one 
pistil which branches at its tip. 
The next picture (Fig. 214) shows you the seedbox, 
cut open, of the wild ginger. 
To find this flower, your eyes must be brighter than 
usual. It grows close to the ground, and is usually 
hidden from sight by the pair of round, woolly leaves 
shooting up from the underground stem, which tastes 
gee like ginger. This thick underground stem is the store- 
house whose stock of food makes it possible for the 
plant to flower and leaf so early in the year. 
Fig. 215 shows. you the pretty wake-robin. This 
isa lily, But it is unlike the lilies we already know, in 
