FLOWERS. 



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IV. o, p. 36, and Fig. 10), as in the native Fuchsia, Lily, 

 and Primrose, poppy, cabbage, wallflower. 



2. On the upper portion of the calyx, so as to appear to 

 grow on it, but free from the ovary (perigynous)} as in 

 the Rose, almond, apricot, hawthorn, apple, and cherry. 



3. When seated on the ovary itself, or adhering more or 

 less to it (epigynous). Examples : — Ivy, gourds, carrot, or any 

 of the UmbellifercB order. 



When the stamens are below the base of the ovary, as 

 in the native Fuchsia (Plate IV., S, p. 36), they are termed 

 inferior (hypogynous), the ovary superior. When the 

 stamens are above the ovary, as in the true Fuchsia (Plate 

 V., S, p. 37), they are superior, the ovary inferior. The 

 pollen contained in the anthers is like a very fine powder, 

 in most cases of a yellow colour, presenting beneath the 

 microscope very beautiful forms. 



Fig. 8. 



Fig. 9. 



Fie:. 10. 



The stamens, then, are either hypogynous, fig. 10, peri- 



1 The term epipetalons is applied when the stamens are attached to 

 the corolla, as in the Primrose and Convolvulus, and this is usually the 

 case with monopetalous flowers. 



