OF THE STAMENS. 



55 



Fig. 150. Tiger Lilj. 

 Fiff. 151. Flower (enlarged) of Dodecatheon : a, pistil 

 p, petals. 



b, anthers ; c, filaments ; 



99. Let us look at tins picture of the Lilj (Fig. 150), or at 

 some real flower. The slender organs marked a, h, c, are 

 the essential organs of which we are speaking ; and you see 

 at once that there are two kinds of them. Those which 

 stand in the outer row next to the petals are the stamens. 



Fig. 152. Ehododendron ; only tlie torus (t), the five stamens (s), and the pistil (p). 

 Fig. 153. Buckeye, whole flower; 7 stamens, 1 pistil, 3 petals. 

 Fig. 154. Hydrastis, split tlirough'ohe centre (u section), showing the torus, 2 se- 

 pals is), many hypogynous Btamens (st), and several pistils in the midst. 



