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WAYSIDE WEEDS. 



done thisj you will have gained some knowledge of 

 one of the divisions of the kingdom of botany — the 



FiQ. 11. — ^Bloaaom of common wild Gera- 

 nium (Herb Bobert), a, petals} 

 i, calyx. 



Pio. 12.— Petal of wild Gera- 

 nium, a, limb ; bf claw. 



manypetaled {polypetalous) flowers^ with their petals 

 attached beneath what botanists call the pistil, but 



Fig. 13. — Stamen^ magnified. 



Fig. 14, — Beproductive organs of Wallflower, 

 a, stamens : b^ pistil. 



which, till we have formally introduced it, we must 

 call the central organ of the flower. 



In the majority of flowers, however — ^we shall 

 see, hereafter, not in all — between the central 

 organ and the petals we have just been examining 



