OF THE STAMENS. 



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Fig. 150. Tiger Lily. 

 Fig.\5\. Flower (enlarged) of Dodecatheon : a, pistil; 5, anthers ; c, filaments; 

 ^, petals. 



^9. Let us look at tMs picture of the Lily (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. 



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Fig. 152. Khododendron ; only the torus {t), the five stamens («), and th-e pistil (/>). 

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

 Fig. 154. Hydrastis, split through the centre (a section), showing the torus, 2 se- 

 pals («), many hypogyuous stamens (<^), and several pistils in the midst. 



