Og PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
parts of the flower, and are long bodies which con- 
tain a quantity of dust’ or powder essential to the 
fructification. 7 
The parts of the stamina are three, the filament, 
(filamentum), the anther, (anthera), and the powder, 
(pollen). 
§ 87. 
The rinAMENT, (jilamentum), 1s a longish body 
that is destined for the support and elevation of the 
| <a In its figure it is very various. 
1. Capillary, (capilare), that is all of equal thick- 
ness, and as fine as a hair. 
2. Filiform, (jiliforme), like the former, only 
thicker, fig. 68. 
3. Awl-shaped, (subulatum), which 1s thicker ben | 
low than above, fig. 67. 
4, Dilated, (dilatatum), that 1s so compressed on 
the sides as to appear broad and leatf-like, fig. 69, 47. 
5. Heart-shaped, (cordatum), the same with the 
foregoing, but with a margin above and pointed 
below, as in Mahernia, fig. 48. 
6. Wedge-shaped, (cuneiforme), a dilated filament, 
that is pointed below but cleft above, as in Lotus /- 
tragonolobus. 
7. Loose, (diberum), that is not attached to any 
other filament. 
8. Connate, (connata), when several grow to- 
cether, forming a cylinder, as in the mallow, Malva, 
fig. 23, 27, 56. | 
9. Bifid, (bifidum), when a filament is divided into 
two parts, 
oO. Mul- 
