OF THE STAMENS. 59 
LESSON XVI. 
MORE ABOUT THE STAMENS. 
106. Tue careful student will find a great and interesting 
variety in the number, arrangement, and form of the stamens. 
In regard to number, as we have already seen, the Lily has 
six stamens, the Pink has ten, the Speedwell two, the Indian 
Shot only one. Some flowers have numerous stamens, as the 
Rose with forty, fifty, or one hundred, and the Cactus with 
179 180 
Fig. 179. Stamens and pistils of Mallow; the filaments (/) are united into a tube 
sheathing the styles. 
Fig. 180. Floret of Dandelion,—anthers (a) united into a tube. 
Fig. 181. Corolla of Lophospermum, split open to show the four stamens (didyn’a- 
mous) and the one style. 
Fig. 182. Cardamine,—stamens six, tetradyn’amons. 
106. What number of stamens in Pink? Speedwell? Indian Shot? 
What in the Rose? Cactus? Apple? or in these flowers? Define “stamens 
definite ;” “stamens ind nite.” 
