44 STAMEN, AND ITS POSITIONS. 
59. In the Carrot (f. 6. s.), Campanula, Fuschia 
(pl. 13. f. 9. s.s.), and other flowers, the stamens appear 
to spring from the top of the pistil; but they are in 
reality placed on a calyx which is attached to it: in such 
the stamens are said to be epigynous, or inserted upon 
the pistil. 
60. In the Sage, Lavender, Dead Nettle, Jasmin, 
Primrose (pl. 15. f. 7.), Convolvulus, Potato, Foxglove, 
&e. the stamens can be removed with the corolla, and 
they appear to be inserted into that organ; but they 
only adhere to it, and can be traced down to the base 
of the pistil. 
61. The position of the corolla or petals will, by a 
general rule, be the same as that of the stamens; and 
as these are hypogynous in the Buttercup, &e. the 
petals also occupy the same relative position: and the 
same rule applies to the petals of the Rose, &c. in 
which the stamens being perigynous, the petals also 
are inserted on the same part. Sometimes the stamens 
are described as being placed upon the calyx, which is 
the same as the perigynous insertion. 
62. The stamens are in many flowers quite free, 
that is, each filament stands independent of those next 
it, as in the Buttercup (pl. 15. f. 2), Rose, Cherry 
(f. 5.), Pink (f. 4.), &e. but in the Hollyhock, and 
Mallow (pl. 7. f. 6.), the filaments are united into a 
tube (pl. 15. f. 8.), and constitute one bundle or packet 
of stamens in the flower; the term monodelphous, or 
one brotherhood is applied to such a combination. In 
the St. John’s Wort (pl. 15. f. 9.), three or five bundles 
of stamens may be seen, each consisting of several 
