Fig. 174
Next we see all the stamens from one of the tiny flowers of the golden-rod (Fig. [174]). These are very much larger than life. There are five of them, fastened together in a sort of tube. Split open this tube and flatten it out. Now they look like five little sisters, arm in arm (Fig. [175]).
And here, again joined in a tube, we see the stamens of the mallow (Fig. [176]). From the hollow of this tube stand out the tops of the mallow’s pistils.
Some flowers have so many stamens that you would find it almost impossible to count them. This little blossom (Fig. [177]), the enchanter’s nightshade (drawn much larger than life), has only two.
Fig. 175
Fig. 176
