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of the perianth, three alternately being longer than 

 the other three, but within these again there are 

 three other flower-like parts, what are they ? Just 

 raise one of them, for they are arched, and under- 

 neath you discover a stamen, and then it may 

 probably occur to you, what really ia the case, t^at 



Fio. 99.— Herb Paris : witt involuoro of four whorled leaves or bracts^ 



these arched petal-hke organs, being in the centre 

 of the flower, must be the styles ; and truly they are 

 petaloid or flower-Hke styles. 



As a contrast and anomaly to the extreme 

 regularity of the ternate blossoms and straight- 



