THE ANDRCECIUM. 



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"termed the Connective. The cavity of the anther is called 

 the Anther-cell, and its granular contents are collectively 

 termed the Pollen. 



In a few cases, the anther is provided with only one lobe. 



Paets of the stamen 



Anther 



Anther-lobes — Pollen. 

 Connective. 



Filament. 



Dueation op the Andrcecium. — Most stamens fall off 

 when their anthers discharge their contained pollen, as in 

 the Keshi and Kabura, but in rare cases they remain after 

 the flowering is over, as in the Hotarubukuro (Campanula 

 punctata) and Purinso (C. Medium). In the former case 

 the andrcecium is said to be deciduous, and in the latter 

 Persistent. 



-r-. f Deciduous. 



Duration of the andrcecium „ . L 



{ .Persistent. 



Kinds of the Andrcecium. — The andrcecium is com- 

 posed either of separate stamens, as in the Kimpoge and 



Fig. 61. Fig. 62. 



Fig. 61. — Tetradynamous 



andrcecium of 



the Kabura. 



Fig. 62.— Diaclelphous 



andrcecium of 



the Fuji. 



Kabura (Pig. 61), or of more or less united stamens, as 

 in the Fuji (Pig. 62) and Mukuge (Hibiscus syriacus) . In 



