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Fig. 150. Tiger Lily. 
Fig. 151. Flower (enlarged) of Dodecatheon: a, pistil; 6, anthers; c, filaments; 
P, petals. : 
99. Let us look at this picture of the Lily (Fig. 150), or at 
some real flower. The slender organs marked a, 8, c, are 
the essential organs of which we are speaking; and you see 
at once that there are two kinds of them. Those which 
stand in the outer row next to the petals are the stamens. 
Fig. 152. Rhododendron ; only the torus (¢), the five stamens (s), and the pistil (p). 
Fig. 158, Buckeye, whole flower; 7 stamens, 1.pistil, 3 petals. 
Fig. 154. Hydrastis, split through the centre (a section), showing the torus, 2 se- 
pals (s), many hypogynous stamens (st), and several pistils in the midst. 
