II.] 



THYME, MYOSOTIS. 



3' 



the stigma.^ In some cases flowers which are first 

 male and then female, are male on the first day of 



Fig. 32. — Thytnus serfryllum, in rhe Ftg. 33. — Thymus serpyllum^ in the 



first condition, with ripe stamens. .second condition, with mature stigma, 



St. 



Fig. 34. — Myosotis versicolor (young 

 flower). 



Fig. 35. — Myosotis versicolor (older 

 flower). 



opening, female on the second. In others the period 



' In the Thymes there are likewise some small flowers which contain 

 no stamens. 



