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itself. For a particular account of them you must turn 

 to works more explanatory of the structure of plants 

 than these letters are intended to be. 



Near the base of the leaf-stalk is a long coarse 

 firinge {fig. 4.), which is supposed to represent 

 stipules. 



The flowers of the Sun-dew, when expanded, are 

 elevated upon a slender scape, along one side of the 

 upper end of which they are arranged ; but when 

 young, they are coiled up in a gyrate (or circinate) 

 manner {fig. 1. a.). The calyx consists of five sepals, 

 a little glandular externally, and nearly as long as the 

 petals {fig. 5. and 6.). The petals are five, snow- 

 white, flat, blunt, and spreading {fig. 5.). There are 

 five stamens, growing from below the ovary, opposite 

 the sepals. The ovary is a superior, oblong case, of 

 one cell, and bears three clusters of ovules on its 

 sides {fig. 6.) ; it is surmounted by three forked 

 stigmas. The fruit {fig. 7-) i^ ^ capsule, half divided 

 into three valves, and enclosing a multitude of minute 

 seeds. Each seed {fig. 8.) is invested in a loose 

 membranous tunic tapering to each end, and con- 

 tains a kernel {fig. 9-) filled with a large quantity 

 of albumen, in the base of which is a minute two-lobed 

 embryo {fig. 10.). 



Many as have been the differences in the combina- 

 tion of the floral organs, in the numerous tribes of 

 plants already examined by you, this is manifestly one 

 to be added to your list ; for in no others have you 

 hitherto met with the union of a coiled inflorescence, 

 a few hypogynous stamens, parietal placentae, and a 



