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branches. The individual flower is hardly more 

 than an eighth of an inch in diameter. From one 

 of three blossoms I made the accompanying series 

 of three sectional drawings. The first shows the 

 remarkable interior arrangement of the ten stamens 

 surrounding the pistil. The second presents a sec- 

 tional view of these stamens, showing their peculiar 



S-shaped lilaments and ring of anthers — one of the 

 latter being shown separate at the right with its two 

 pores and exposed pollen. The freshlv opened 

 blossom discloses the entire ring of anthers in per- 

 fect equilibrium, each with its two orifices closed bv 

 close contact with the style, thus retaining the 

 pollen. It will readily be seen that an insect's 



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