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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



elongated, and strap-shaped. The superior stamens are fertile,' each 

 possessini,' an extrorse two-celled anther, dehiscing longitudinally, and 

 supi)orted on a fihiment of variable length, bearing at the base two 



Eorlonia Jloribunda. 



lateral stipitate glands/ These are less numerous than the inner 

 stamens, which are reduced to sterile scales placed lower down the 

 inside of the receptacular cup. Towards the base of this are inserted 

 the carpels, indefinite in number. Each consists of a free ovary, 

 tapering above into a style, grooved along the inner angle and stig- 

 matilerous at the narrow apex. Within the inner angle of the ovary 

 is seen a parietal placenta, bearing near its summit a suspended 



' There are generally from 6 to 10 of these ^ These glands are voluminous, thick, and 



(7-10, Hook. & Thoms. ; S.plura v. pauciora, fleshy, smooth at first, and afterwards flattened 

 TrL.). and rullod irregularly into cornets. 



