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is always so directed that the flower faces the strongest source 

 of light. In the Daffodil there is always a single flower, but 

 in related species of Narcissus additional flowers develop in the 

 axils of the bracts which form the sheath. 



At the base of the flower is the inferior ovary, which appears 



FIG. 76. Daffodil. To the left a diagram of the arrangement of the leaves on the stem 

 of a flowering specimen. To the right a flower cut in half. (After Church.) 



