THE WIND AS CAKBIER, 



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blossoms usually consist of a very degraded 

 calyx (d and e) of two sepals (one of which 

 represents a pair that have coalesced, Fig. 30). 

 Inside these sepals come two very minute white 

 petals (c and c) ; the third has disappeared, 

 owing to pressure one-sidedly. The petals can 



FIG. 30. A FLOWER OF 

 WHEAT, WITH ITS PARTS 



DIVIDED : a, the carpel 

 and stigmas ; b, the 

 stamens ; c, the petals, 

 very minute ; d and e, 

 the calyx. 



FIG. 31. FLOWER OF WHEAT, 

 WITH THE CALYX OF TWO 

 CHAFFY SCALES REMOVED. 



This shows the arrange- 

 ment of petals, stamens, 

 and ovary. 



scarcely be seen without the aid of a pocket- 

 lens. Next come three stamens (b), the only 

 part of the flower which still preserves the 

 original threefold arrangement. Last of all we 

 get the ovary (a), of one carpel, one seeded, but 

 with two feathery stigmas, which were once 

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