202 



i^jsssoj^s witm plants 



it plainly shows the close 

 to the petal and the ' leaf. 



kinship of the anther 

 There are no other 

 stamens in the flower. 

 From their positions, 

 and from homology 

 with related flowers, 

 the showy parts of 

 the flower, a a a a, 

 are held to represent 

 stamens. 



230o. In common with all 

 sterile or antherless stamens, 

 and bodies which stand in the 

 place of stamens, these petal- 

 like bodies are called stamino- 

 dia. The pupil will find two 

 staminodia, in the shape of 

 rudimentary bodies, in Fig. 

 151, standing just below the 

 connectives. 



231. The sterculia, 

 or so-called Japanese 

 varnish tree, which is 

 now much cultivated 

 in the South, has a 

 most curious method 

 of bearing its seeds, 

 as shown in Fig. 197. 

 The carpels separate, even before maturity, into 

 leaf-like bodies, upon which the seeds are borne. 



Fio. 197. 



Leaf -like carpels of the platanus- 

 leaved sterculia. 



