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BOTANY. 



freely up and down, the attachment is said to be versatile 

 (Fig. 243). 



The modes of attachment, pictured and named above, 



FIG. 239. Innate. 



shade into each other, so that, in practice, it is often diffi- 

 cult to determine them. The versatile passes into the ad- 



FIG. 244. 

 Basifixed. 



FIG. 245. 

 Dorsifixed. 



FIG. 246. 

 Apsifixed. 



FIG. 243. Versatile. 



nate, and the adnate into the innate, and a nice exercise 

 of judgment is sometimes needed in describing this feature 

 of flowers. 



