OF THE STAMENS 



Fig. 150. Tiger Lily. 

 Fig,\b\. Flower (enlarged) of Dodecatheon : a, pistil; panthers; c, mamento; 

 p, petals. 



99. Let us look at this picture of the Lily (Fig. 150), or at 

 some real flower. The slender organs marked a, 5, c, are 

 the essential organs of which we are speaking; and you see 

 at once that there are two kinds of them. Those which 

 stand in the outer row next to the petals are the stamens. 



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154 



fi(f 1 52. Rhododendron ; only the torus (), the five stamens (), and the pistil (p), 

 Fig. 153. Buckeye, whole flower; 7 stamens, 1 pistil, 3 petals. 

 Fig. 154. Hydrastis, split through the centre (a section), showing the torus, S so- 

 pals ($}, many hypogynous* stamens (at), and several pistils in the midst. 



