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whicli, like the heaths and the plantain (Fig. 64), 

 have their stamens free from the corolla, and into 

 those, constitutiQg by far the largest portion of this 

 moifopetalons division, which have theii- stamens 

 attached to the corolla, and, consequently, through 

 it to the receptacle. Take one of these little heath- 

 bells (Fig. 54), open it up, and you will see the 

 stamens are all connected directly with the recep- 



Fie. 64,— floret of common Flantala. a a, elongated filaments of stamens. 



tacle. Now take your primrose flower (Fig. 65), 

 and you will find the five stamens all inside the 

 tube (Fig. 66), and so closely attached to it, that 

 there is scarcely anything you can call a filament. 

 The heath flower is a good example of what botanists 

 call the inflated corolla, as the primrose (Fig. 65) is 

 of the salver-shaped, the flat expanded portion con- 

 stituting the hmb, which merges iuto the tube at 

 the throat (Fig. 67). Compare the forget-me-not 

 in your hand with these |, it is somewhat like the 



