DAFFODIL. 



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projection at the base of the anther (rostelluiri), and at 

 the back of the opening of the spur, is a viscid surface 

 which serves as the stigma. From the adhesion of the 

 stamen to the pistil it is termed gynandrous. The flower 

 of Spotted Orchis may be thus described : Perianth 

 superior, gamophyllous, irregular; stamen i (monan- 

 drous\ gynandrous ; pisti] syncarpous, ovary inferior. 



3. DAFFODIL. Do not mistake the wide, projecting 

 tube which encloses the stamens and pistil for a corolla. 

 A comparison of the Daffodil with other plants in which 



FIG. 33. Vertical section of a flower of Daffodil. 



it is less conspicuous or wanting, shows that it is merely 

 an appendage (called a corona) of the envelopes of the 

 flower. The leaves of the perianth, six in number, are 

 alike in colour, texture, and size. It is therefore regular ; 

 and, as in Orchis, they cohere, forming a lower tubular 

 portion which is adherent to the ovary ; the perianth is 

 also superior. There are six stamens, inserted upon the 



