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connection with those we gathered into Handful II. 

 They belong to what is called the " Calycifloral " 

 section ; in other words, their stamens and corolla 

 are inserted upon the calyx, and not, like the flowers 

 in Handful I., upon the receptacle. Moreover, the 

 plants. we are now examining have their corolla and 



Flo. 46. — Blossom of oommon Honeysuckle, In one piece, or monopetalous. 

 a, corolla; h, calyx ; e, stamens ; d, pistil. 



stamens (Figs. 46 and 47) fixed, as it were, on the 

 top of the ovary, as in the case of the true roses 

 and the pome tribe, and also the umbeUifers in 

 many-petaled calyciflorse ; this beiag due in all 

 these cases to the calyx growing up, as it were, 

 around, and thus inclosing the ovary; to speak 

 botanically, being " adnate " to it. The corolla and 

 stamens, however, are just as much inserted into 



