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the calyx; but in the présent case, and in ail double 
Roses, the stamens undergo a monstrous development, 
and assume the character of petals. Very frequently 
some of the interior ones may be seen in a sort of 
intermediate state, half petal and half stamen. Nu- 
merous pistils are attacbed to the base of the calyx 
tube, and each is fumisbed with a long style ter- 
minated by a stigma. Collectively, the styles form a 
bundle more or less combined in the centre of the 
flower. 
