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this process, which takes a number of days, the stigma gradually 

 opens, and by the time the pollen has been shed is raised by the 



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FIG. 5. The Rose Bay Willow-Herb, i, bud about to open ; 2, flower in the earlier pollen- 

 shedding stage ; 3, flower in the later stage, with the stigma expanded ; 4, style again 

 bent after flowering ; 5, stamens ; 6, cross section of the bud ; 7, young fruit ; 8, fruit 

 cut lengthwise to show the ovules ; 9, mature fruit opening to liberate the seeds ; 10, seed 

 removed from a fruit ; n, seed as it escapes from the fruit, with the grown of hairs 

 expanded. (After Schumann.) 



