SECT. I. THE FLOWER. J 1 



powder, which when ripe bursts its integuments and 

 explodes. In the stamens of most flowers there is an 

 individual anther attached to each individual filament, 

 as in the stamens of the Grasses ; but in the stamens 

 of the flowers of the genus Mercurialis, there are two 

 anthers to a filament, which are hence said to be 

 didymous ; in Famaria there are three anthers to a 

 filament ; in Theobroma there are five ; and in 

 Bryonia there are five anthers to three filaments. 

 In their attachment they are generally fixed to the 

 upper extremity of the filament, in which case they 

 are said to be terminal, as in the Tulip-tree ; or 

 they are fixed to the one side of the filament, in 

 which case they are said to be lateral, as in the 

 Herb Paris ; or they are altogether without fila- 

 ments, and then they are said to be sessile, as in the 

 genus Aristolochia. The direction of the anther 

 is vertical, that is parallel to the axis of the flower, as 

 in the Tulip ; or oblique, that is forming an oblique 

 angle with the axis, as in the Honey-suckle ; or in- 

 cumbent, that is attached to the summit of the 

 .filament by the middle, and resting upon it horizon- 

 tally, as in the Pink ; or versatile, that is incum- 

 bent, but turning as if upon a pivot so as to be put 

 in motion by the gentlest agitation of the air, as in 

 the Grasses. If the anthers are situated so as to 

 approach each other, as in the Cyclamen, they are 

 said to be convergent ; if they are connected to- 

 gether by the viscidity or pubescence of their sur- 

 face, as in Utricularia, they are said to be adherent ; 



