THE FLOWERING PLANT. 



third whorl, made up of ten little stalks, with knobs at 

 their ends like walking-sticks (Fig. 49). These are the 

 stamens, and five of them are shorter than the others, 

 as if two rows of five each were joined in one. The 



word stamen means a thread. The slender stalk of the 

 stamen is called the filament, or fine thread, and the 

 knob on the end is the anther (Fig. 50) (from the 

 Greek a/nthos, & flower). The anther, or knob, is snch 

 a curious little thing ; it is divided into four chambers 

 (Fig. 51), and each is filled with fine dust called pollen, 

 because it is so like very fine flour (Fig. 52). I dare say 

 you have wiped off gome of this flour when you have 

 put your noses into the cups of lilies. The bees carry 

 some of this flour home on their hind-legs, and bake it 



Fig. 49. 



The Keel, or Carina, of Bean. 



Egg-Pouch, 

 or Pistil. 



