PERFECT FLOWERS 



73 



Closed Gentian 

 Gentiana Andrewsii 

 August-Sept. 



Fringed Gentian 



Gentiana crinita 



Sept.-Oct. 



It seems a pity to 

 destroy any of these 

 beautiful flowers, but 

 we must sacrifice one 

 of each in the inter- 

 ests of science, mak- 

 ing sections of them 

 down their centre. 

 Thus we shall see 

 that the stamens, 

 shorter than the pis- 

 tils, develop their 

 pollen first, and shed 

 it outward; also that 

 the pistils are like 

 tall green vases, and 

 that their stigmas 

 part like two moist 

 lips, j)i*esenting a sensitive surface on the upper 

 side. 



These flowers, standing so erect upon their stems, 



CLOSED AND FRINGED GENTIANS 



