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THE FLOWER. 



EXERCISE XLI. 

 farts of Stamens. 



FIG. 190. 



Anther. 



I "life- Pollen. 



Filament. 



1 



FIL'AMENT. The stem-like part of a stamen. 



AN'THER. The thickened oblong head of a fila- 

 ment. 



POI/LEN. The dust, or powder, seen upon the 

 anther. 



Schedule twenty-seven has added to it the new 

 question, Stamens ? Write underneath it the name 

 of the parts that compose a stamen of your flower. 

 Count the number of stamens, and write it down, 

 unless they are too numerous, when you will use 

 the character oo , signifying many. Write free, when 

 they are so ; and coherent, when they are grown to- 

 gether. 



When the filament is absent, write sessile after 

 anther. To describe the filaments, observe whether 

 they are long or short, slender or thick, flat or 

 round, distinct or grown together. 



Observe whether the anthers are one-lobed or 

 two-lobed, that is, whether they are in two parts or 

 pieces ; and note also whether they are oblong, round, 

 curved, straight, large or small, longer or shorter than 

 the filaments, distinct or grown together. 



