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MORPHOLOGICAL BOTANY. 



Piq. 63. 



the former case, it is said to be Apostemonous, and in the 

 latter, Synstemonous. 



xt,- ^„ , „„— _ f Apostemonous Androeeiuni. 



Kinds of the andrceciumJ * , , , 



( Synsteinonous Androeeium. 

 The apostemonous androeeium may 

 consist either of but one fertile stamen, 

 as in theMyoga (Zingiber Mioga) (Fig. 

 63) and Dandoku (Carina indica) , or of 

 two or more stamens, as in the Kitsu- 

 nenomago (Justicia procumbens) and 

 Kabura (Fig. 61). In the former case 

 it is said to be Simple, and in the 

 latter Multiple. 



Simple Apostemonous 



Androeeium. 

 Multiple Apostemonous 



Androeeium. 



Fig. 64. 



Apostemonous 

 andrcecium , 

 Fia. 63.— Simple 

 apostemonous androe- 

 eium of the Myoga 

 (Zingiber Mioga). 



The multiple apostemonous 

 androeeium may be composed 

 either of those stamens which 

 are all of the same length and 

 like form, as in the Mayumi 

 (Euonymus europceus, var. 

 Hamilitonianus) (Fig. 64) and 

 Ayame (see Fig. 69); or of those 

 which are of different length or 

 unlike form, as in the Kabura 

 (Fig. 61) and Tsuyukusa (Gom- 

 melina communis) . In the former case it is said to be 

 Begular, and in the latter Irregular. 



Fig. 64. — Flower of the Mayumi 

 (Euonymus europceus, var. Hami- 

 litonianus), showing the regular 

 multiple apostemonous androe- 

 eium. 



Mult. Apost. Andr. 



Reg. Mult. Apost. Andr. 

 Irreg. Mult. Apost. Andr. 



