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the Petals of the flower. It must be remembered that 
whenever the term flower is used in Botany, it means 
every part which is within the calyx and the calyx aswell, 
and not merely the blossom or coloured part. Within 
the corolla may be seen ten small thread-like objects, 
which are wide at the base and narrow at the upper 
end, and tipped with a small red or reddish yellow 
coloured body (f. 1. s. 2. s. s.). In the garden Gera- 
nium the number of these will vary from seven to eight, 
and some will be without the coloured bodies ; these 
are called Stamens, each stamen consisting of a thread- 
like part called the filament, and a small body on the 
very end of the filament, the anther. Remove the 
filaments with the point of a needle, or penknife in 
order to bring into view the central part (f. 8. p.) which 
will most likely be of a greenish colour and covered all 
over with clammy hairs, this is the Pésted. A careful 
examination will show that it consists of five rounded 
projections at the bottom with a column (¢.) coming 
out of the upper part which ends in five points, each 
of the rounded bodies contains within it a young seed, 
and each is called an Ovary, or when ripe, a Curpel. 
The column is made up of five thread-like parts united 
together at the middle, but separated at the extremity 
into five points. The thread-like parts are called the 
Styles, and the five ends or points are termed Stigmas, 
When the plant has ripened its seeds, the five ovaries 
will separate from each other and roll up towards the 
end of the column as represented at f. 4.0. by which 
contrivance the seeds can be shed out of the ovaries by 
an opening in each. 
