60 PJiACTIVAL BOTANY. 



gan (Fig. 3), and gyncmdrous, when they cohere with the 

 style. (Fig. XIII., 12».) 



Fig. 1, a flower of Anemone, entire ; 2, of a Cherry ; 3, of a Vaccinium, both verti- 

 cally divided. 



110. The STAMENS, as we have stated in §§ 57 and 58, 

 are either distinct, or united with eacli other, or with the 

 style (§ 109). MonadeVphous stamens have their fila- 

 ments united either at the base only, as in Stua/rtia, or con- 

 solidated into a column or sheath, as in Mallows (PI. 

 lY., 5a) and some leguminous plants. 



DiadeVplwus stamens are stamens united into two sets, 

 or bundles, as in the FumAwiacem (PI. lY., la), and most 

 LeguminoscB (PI. Y., 35). Triadelphous stamens we see 

 in several species of Hypericum, and pentadel/phous ones 

 in Oordoma. For triadelphous and pentadelphous we 

 usually employ the term polyadelphous. 



Syngenesious stamens are those which are united ty 

 their anthers, and mostly so as to leave the filaments dis- 

 tinct. But sometimes the filaments of syngenesious sta- 

 mens are united. Stamens of this sort we find in the 

 Oucurhits, etc. (§ 61). In this order they are also some- 

 times triadelphous (PI. Y., 9a). Syngenesious stamens 

 with the filaments free, we have iii the whole order 

 of the Composites. (PI. YII., 6c.) 



