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It is Capillary, or hair- 



260. The Filament has various shapes. 

 like, in the Grasses ; Cla- 

 vate, or club-shaped, in the 

 Begonia; Filiform, or 

 thread-like, in the Lily; 

 Petaloid in the Canna. 



261. The Anther, as we 

 know, is a transformed 

 leaf, the filament being its 

 petiole. The two anther- 

 lobes are the halves of 

 the leaf-blade. The con- 

 nective is the midrib ; 

 sometimes it is scarcely 

 perceptible, as in the 

 Grasses and Lilies ; again 

 it is a mere prolongation 

 of the filament, as in the 

 Hepatiea (Fig. 168, G) ; or 

 it is Produced (prolonged 

 beyond the anther - lobes) , 

 as in the Wild Ginger, the 

 Hand - flower, the Lotus- 

 Lily ; in the Humirium 



(Fig, 168, E) the produced j,,^ l69.-G«mbogo (UOrmlendron gambogioid^): 

 connective is iiesny and a, cf fl. ; 6, same, showing stamens ; c, anther ; de- 

 much larger than the an- hiscence circumscissile. 

 ther-lobes. 



262. Attachment. — The Anther 

 is Adnate when one face is at- 

 tached to the side of the filament 

 (Magnolia) ; Innate, when at- 

 tached by its base to the apex of 

 the filament (Hepatiea, Fig. 168, 

 G) ; Versatile, when attached by 

 its middle to the apex of the fila- 

 ment (Grasses, Lilies). 



263. Facing of the Anther. — 

 The Anther is Extrorse when it 

 faces outward from the pistil 

 (Tulip - tree) ; Jntrorse when it 

 faces inward towards the pistil 

 (Vine, Magnolia). 



264. Anther-Cells, or Lobes. — 

 Nearly all anthers are quadri- 

 loculnr, or four-celled (L. loculus, 

 little cell), when young. Some- 

 times this condition persists, as in 

 Poranthera (t'ig. 168, B); but 

 usually the anther becomes Bi- 



FiG. 170.-,,, Cinnamon (Ciimamomwrnzfy- lacula'r (2-celled) at maturity, as 

 .„.«.»1: 6. senarate anther. j^ the Hemtica CFifr. 168 Gl. 



Jamcum) ; b, separate anther. 



