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When the floral leaves first appear in connection with 

 the sporophylls they are inconspicuous, scale-like bodies. 

 In higher forms they become more prominent and inclose 



FIG. 196. Naked flowers of dif- 

 ferent willows (Salix), each 

 from the axil of a bract : 

 a, b, c, staminate flowers ; 

 , /> pistillate flowers, the 

 pistil composed of two car- 

 pels (syncarpous). After 

 WAKMING. 



FIG. 195. Lizard's tail (Saururus): A, tip of branch 

 bearing leaves and elongated cluster of flowers; 

 B, a single naked flower from A, showing sta- 

 mens and four spreading and stigmatic styles; 

 <7, flower from another species, showing sub- 

 tending bract, absence of floral leaves, seven 

 stamens, and a syncarpous pistil ; the flowers 

 naked and perfect. After ENGLBK. 



FIG. 197. Flower of calamus 

 (Aeons), showing simple 

 perianth, stamens, and syn- 

 carpous pistil: ahypogynous 

 flower without differentiation 

 of calyx and corolla. After 

 ENGLER. 



