20 The Third and Fourth Generation 



stalk or filament that bears at its upper end a 

 yellow case, the anther. Similar parts will be 

 found with varying number and arrangement 



Fig. I. — The mandrake blossom 



in almost any flower. They are shown in the 

 figure here. 



If the swollen basal part of the pistil is cut 

 open, it will be seen to contain, in either the 

 mandrake or the garden pea, a number of small 

 bodies which you are inclined to call the seeds. 



