Caryophyllaceæ. 



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the cal.-anth., and at a level with the apices of the styles. 

 The anthers and stigmas are often in intimate contact with 

 each other, the styles being thrust among the anthers, and 

 self-pollination is inevitable. The filaments become ultimately 

 more spreading. In some of the individuals the petals are 

 narrow, almost spathulate, in others obovate (Fig. Z), F); 



? Ft 



Fig. 35. Minuartia biflora. 

 From Greenland. A — E, Parts af £. 



From Norway. F (Altenfjord), f 1 and p from $. G (£ which 

 lias finished flowering) and H (seed) from Dovre. 



they are rounded at the apex, and frequently emarginate 

 or slightly toothed (Fig. D). The sepals are 5 mm in length, 

 and the petals 7 mm; in a flower from Finmark the sepals 

 were only 3^2 and the petals 4 x / 2 —5 mm long. 



It seems that slight protogyny may occur, as the 

 stigmatic papilla 1 may be fully developed even in the bud, 



