Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 174
MAGNIFIED SECTIONS, TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL,OF INWARD-GROWING PLANT. by oblong tips which are covered with yellow pow-der or dust. These stems are called stamens, andconsist of two parts; the filament, which is thestalk, and the anther, the part which holds thedust. Remove some of the latter… … FIG. 3.—STAMENS, HST1L5, AND SEED-VESSEL. the glass, turning it round with the pin; you seenow that it is not a knob, but a little bag of skin,which seems to have been burst. This bag. or sac,is called the anther, and its duty is to hold thepollen until perfectly ripe, when it bursts,…
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