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shapes and the lower two are rolled together, appearing 
like one. In the flowers of many kinds of plants the 
petals are all alike. 
(3) Inclosed within the two lower petals are ten 
slender, rod-shaped stalks bearing at their summits sac- 
fe LELIE) UD 
d 
Fic. 67. Parts of a bean flower: a, the flower complete; ), parts of the corolla; 
c, pistil; d, pistil enlarged, with ovary wall cut away showing ovules; e, cluster 
of stamens; f, single stamen. All are natural size except d and f, which are en- 
larged 23 times. 
like structures. These are called stamens, and the sacs 
are called anthers. 
(4) In the very center of the flower is a single rod- 
shaped organ, called a pisiil, more or less coiled toward 
the end. 
In a few days after a flower of the bean opens, you will 
observe that all the parts about the pistil wither and fall 
away. In most of the flowers the pistil remains and 
grows into a pod containing the seeds. 
The anthers and the ovules. If the two lower petals 
of a fully opened flower of the bean are separated and 
the stamens examined, it will be seen that the anthers 
have split open and are shedding a fine, dust-like powder. 
