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106 



ORGANS 



OF 



Sect. VII. 2. 2 



which they dlfperfe, and which adheres to the moid ftigma 011 the 



fummit of the ftyle or pericarp 



The amatorial attachment bet 



thefe iliemas and the aqthers on the fummits of the {tan:iens h 



of all botanifts. In many flowers the anth 



m 



£led the 

 lies bene 



a 



the fti^mas or fe 



to 



as in kalmia. 



In the kalmia th 



fritillaria perfica, parnaffia, caclus, and ciftus. 

 ftamens lie round the piftil, like the radii of a wheel, and each anthei 



a nich of the corol to prote(5l it from cold and moif- 



cealed in 



ture ; thefe anthers rife feparately fi 

 the ftis^ma of the piftil for a time, a 



their 



ch 



d 



ppr 



d then recede to their former 



fituatic 



length 

 three 



In th 



d the ; 



fr 



perfica th 



fi 



ftamens are of equal 



diftance from th 



pift 



of thefe 



alternate ones approach firft 



d furround the female 



and 



when thefe decline, the other three approach 



d in parnaffia th 



males alternately approach and recede from the female ; and laftly 

 in the moft beautiful flowers of caaus grandiflorus, and 0/ ciftus lab- 



danife 



here the male 



ry 



to 



num 



fome 



f them are 



perpetually bent into contad with the female ; and as they reced 



others ad 



In other flowers the fem 



bend into contad with the mal 



in 



pilobium, fpartium, collinfon 



In nisrella, devil in th 



to 



to 



bufh, the females are very tall compared to the males, and bendir 

 down over them in a circle, give the flower fome refemblanca to a 

 reojalcrowo. The female of the epilobium anguftifohum, willow- 

 herb, bends down amongft the males for feveral days, and becomes 

 upright again when impregnated. In the fpartium fcoparium, com- 



broom, the males or ftamens are in two fets, one fet rifing a 



mon 



quarter of 



h above the oth 



The upper fet d 



their maturity fo foon as the lower ; and th 



ftigma, or head of 



But as 



the female, is produced amongft the upper or immature fet. 



fcon as the piftil grows tall enough to burft open the keel-leaf, or head 



of the flower, it bends itfelf round in an inftant likaa French h 



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