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many botanists, somewhat dangerous and apt to be misleading. 
The published evidence as to the development of the pistil 
B 
All the illustrations are of Primula vulgaris, i. Side view ot a two-lobed 
stigma. 2. A three-lobed stigma viewed from above. 3. Part of a pistil showing 
two styles. 4. An ovary with three styles. 5. A flower with four petals, one 
of which is doubly lobed. 6. A blossom having a small petal more internally 
situated than the others, and showing one stamen carried up to the corolla throat. 
7. Dissection of a flower with two free stamens inserted on the receptacle. 
8. Pistil showing a curiously lobed stigma with two adnate stamens ( s ). 
may or may not lead to the conclusion that only one carpel 
is present. 
Masters 1 > writing of Primula , states that ‘ On its (the re- 
1 Masters, On some Points in the Morphology of the Primulaceae. Trans. Linn. 
Soc., Ser. 2, Bot., vol. i, 1877. 
