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formula K^ G, A, G (4). The corolla is so deeply divided that 

 we must regard its minute obovate segments as separate 

 petals. The stamens may be just adherent to the base 



Fig. 108. Ilex Aquifolium, Holly. A , branch with inflorescences, all 

 the flowers of which are <? ; B, flower-bud; C, floral diagram, p. 288 

 (E and P). 



of the corolla. While the Holly flower is structurally 

 hermaphrodite, it is physiologically dioecious in most 

 cases, the stamens of the $ flower, large as they are, 

 carrying no fertile pollen ; sometimes, however, they are 

 fertile and the flower is ^. See p. 269. 



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