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shapes and the lower two are rolled together, appearing 

 like one. In the flowers of many kinds of plants the 

 petals are all alike. 



(3) Inclosed within the two lower petals are ten 

 slender, rod-shaped stalks bearing at their summits sao 



FIG. 67. Parts of a bean flower : a, the flower complete ; b, parts of the corolla ; 

 c, pistil ; d , pistil enlarged, with ovary wall cut away showing ovules ; e, cluster 

 of stamens ; /, single stamen. All are natural size except d and /, which are en- 

 larged 2\ times. 



like structures. These are called stamens, and the sacs 

 are called anthers. 



(4) In the very center of the flower is a single rod- 

 shaped organ, called a pistil, more or less coiled toward 

 the end. 



In a few days after a flower of the bean opens, you will 

 observe that all the parts about the pistil wither and fall 

 away. In most of the flowers the pistil remains and 

 grows into a pod containing the seeds. . 



The anthers and the ovules. If the two lower petals 

 of a fully opened flower of the bean are separated and 

 the stamens examined, it will be seen that the anthers 

 have split open and are shedding a 'fine, dust-like powder. 



