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primrose, but more wheel-shwped ; the tube you will 

 find is much shorter than thai of the primrose or 



Fig. 65. — Salver-shaped blossom of oommon PrimroBe. a, globular 

 stigma showing at mouth of cylindrical tabe. 



cowslip, and yet it includes the stamens, which are 

 attached to it. Moreover, the little tube is partly 



Fig. 66. — Flower of common Primrose laid open, a, limb of corolla; 

 &, tube of corolla; c, .calyx; i, pistil; Oj stamens. 



closed over with scales or valves. There are many 

 species of the forget-me-not — mouse-ear it is somei 

 times called — ^but we are now presuming that you 



