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his way at once to the stamens and stigma or 

 sensitive surface. The consequence is that the 

 majority of the higher plants have now corollas 

 in a single piece ; and most of these are also 

 coloured red, blue, or purple. Still, even now 

 many of them retain marks of the original five 



FIG. 18. PIN-EYED PRIMROSE, 

 CUT OPEN SO AS TO SHOW 

 THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE 

 STAMENS AND STIGMA. 



FIG. 19. THRUM-EYED 

 PRIMROSE, CUT OPEN 

 SO AS TO SHOW STA- 

 MENS AND STIGMA. 



petals. For instance, the harebell has the edge 

 of the corolla vandyked into five marked lobes ; 

 while in the primrose, only the base of the 

 corolla forms a tube or united pipe, the outer 

 part being composed of five deeply-cut lobes, 



