FLOWER OF BUTTERCUP. 17 
increased in size, and readily separating into a number 
of dry parts each containing’ a seed. 
ce. In the common Buttercup (pl. 8. f. 1.), where 
the flower joins the stalk upon which it is placed, will 
be found five small green leaf-like parts (¢.), these 
compose the flower-cup or Calyx. Within these are 
five shining yellow leaves called the Petals Gheslee: 
and 3. p.). The calyx and petals may be made to fall 
off by pressing them outwards with the point of a 
needle, &c. when the other parts of the flower will be 
more visible, viz. a great number of thread-like parts 
of a yellow colour (f. 4. s.), called Stamens; each 
stamen (f. 5.) consisting of a narrow portion below, 
termed the filament (f.), and an upper part or case 
called the anther (a.); many of these will be found 
covered with a yellow powder which has escaped from 
the interior after they have burst. Let the stamens be 
pushed off from their places, that the remaining part 
may be fully seen (f. 4. 0.). This will be seen to consist 
of several green bodies placed one above another and 
forming a cone; each by itself is called an Ovary, (or 
a Carpel when ripe), and contains an unripe seed. In 
order that these may be better seen, search should 
be made for some flower which has already thrown off 
its calyx and petals, in which these parts will be found 
te be grown much larger, and become more distinct; 
each carpel, on examining it with a common mag- 
nifying glass, will be seen to consist of a rounded 
green part (f. 4. 0. 6. 0.), becoming small and narrow 
above, where it ends in a hook which is curved outwards. 
The lower part is hollow and contains the seed, and is 
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