THE FLOWER. 
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EXERCISE XXXII. 
How to describe Stamens and Pistils . 
The way to get familiar with the names used in 
the last exercise is to use them over and over again 
in describing flowers. 
Schedule eleventh has added to it the new ques¬ 
tion, Stamens? Write underneath it the name of the 
parts that compose a stamen of your flower. Count 
the number of stamens, and write it down, unless they 
are too numerous, when you will use the character oo, 
signifying many. Write u free,” when they are not 
grown together; and “ coherent,” when they are grown 
together. 
When the filament is absent, write “sessile” after 
anther. To describe the filaments, observe whether 
they are long or short, slender or thick, flat or 
round, distinct or grown together. 
Fig. 166. 
Observe whether the anthers are one-lobed or 
two-lobed, that is, whether they are in two parts or 
