THE STORY-BOOK OF SCIENCE 



it for calyx and corolla. You can easily recognize 

 three hanging stamens with their double sachets for 

 anthers. The principal body of the flower is the 

 tun-bellied ovary, which, when ripe, will be a grain 

 of wheat. It is surmounted by the stigma, fash- 

 ioned like a double plume of exquisite delicacy. Sa- 

 lute it, my children : behold the modest little flower 

 that gives life to us all!" 



