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apparent that a filament is not essential to a stamen 

 any more than a petiole is essential to a leaf. 



79. All these an- 

 thers appear (so far 

 as we can see) to con- 

 tain more than one 

 cavity. Most of them 

 apparently have two 

 compartments ; and 

 this is the general 

 rule. It is easy to 

 ascertain that these 

 compartments (which 



FIG. 59. 

 Flower of wild lily. 



we shall call lo- 

 cules) contain the 

 pollen (62). 



79. It is the custom 

 to call the anther com- 

 partment a cell, but this 

 word should be other- 

 wise employed (74a). As no confusion has arisen from the appli- 

 cation of the word cell to both pistils and stamens, none may 

 be anticipated from a like use of locule. It has been suggested 



FIG. 58. 

 Stamens of water lily. 



