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An imperfect Pistil has no Stijle. 
A perfect or complete Stamen is composed of two Parts : — 
1. The Anther (Anthera), at top, containing the fertilizing 
pollen, always present, 
2. The Filament {Filnmentum) elevating the anther, not so 
essential, being absent in some flowers. 
An imperfect Stamen has no filament. 
When the Stamens and Pistils are found together, the flower is 
then ealled Bissexual. 
When these are separate, bfting placed in different flowers, the 
flower is then called Unisexual. 
For the protection and nourishment of the Central 
Organs of vegetables, (viz. the Pistilla and Sta- 
mina) Nature has usually furnished two other Parts. 
III. The Corolla {Corolla), interior. 
IV. The Calyx (Calyji;), exterior to tins part. 
Both expanded bodies, being expansions, the one of the barky and the 
other of the rind. . 
These are discriminated not only by their respective situations, but by 
the greater delicacij of the Corolla compared with the Calyx, 
the former having usually coloured petals, the latter green leaves. 
These parts are not absolutely essential, some flowers being destitute 
of one, or both of them. 
As an appendage to the Corolla, there is found in some 
plants— 
V. The Nectary (Nectarium), usually for the se^ 
creting and containing of honey. 
We reckon also as forming the flower — 
VI. The Pericarp {Pericarpiuni), which is only the 
germen enlarged, filled with mature seeds. 
VII. The Seeds (Semina), the rudiments of the new 
plant, and 
VIII. The Receptacle {Receptaculum), the bask 
upon which all the other parts rest. 
