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on each half-anther-lobe; these answer to the future pollen- 
corolla. The anthers do not simply cohere but unite, for 
growth is not distinguishable from the ovarian wall, but its 
limb is visible as a tuft of hairs. Primitively, it consists of a 
short delicate bunch of hairs, arranged in a circle at the 
upper extremity of the young ovary. Later, the hairs by 
de up of 
several rows of narrow but extremely elongated cells, the 
lower ends of which splice into the upper ends of the cells 
below at the point where the upper end of the cell below 
ittle previous to the formation of the pistil another 
Structure may be seen to arise from the receptacle between 
the individual florets (fig. 9b). These foliar bodies, or brac- 
teoles, very much resemble the scale-like leaves of poorly de- 
veloped vegetative branches. They project quite far between 
