stamelt

Same as stammel. stamen (stā'men), n.; pl. stamens (stāʼmenz) (only, in the fourth sense) or (in the other three senses) stamina (stam'i-nä). [ IMG:content-1969.png:[blocks in formation] Stamens. 2 3 8 13 1. Of Isopyrum biternatum (a, the anther; r, the connective: the filament). 2. Of Oryza sativa. 3. Of Liriodendron Tulip if era. 4. Of Allium Porrum. 5. Of Rosmarinus of ficin a its. 6. Of Berberis Can a dens is. 7. Of Vaccinium Myrtillus. 8. Syngenesious stamens of Carduus crisp us. 9. Monadelphous stamens of Napaa dioica, to. Diadelphous stamens of Genista tinct or i a . 11. Tetradynamous stamens of Erysimum che iran tho ides. 12. Didynamous stamens of Thy mus Serpyllum . 13. Stamen in gynandrous flower of Epipactis palustris. 14. Transverse section of the anther of Isopyrum , showing the dehiscence and the pollen-grains. sac or body of two cells placed side by side and filled with a powdery substance, the pollen. This pollen, when mature, is discharged from the anther through various openings or pores. Theoretically the stamen is the homologue of a leaf, in which the two cells of the anther represent the infolded halves of the blade, while the connective represents the midrib and the filament the petiole of the leaf. The pollen represents the parenchyma of the leaf. The stamens of a flower are collectively called the andræcium. When both stamens and pistils are present in the same flower it is said to be hermaphrodite or perfect; when only stamens are present the flower is said to be staminate or male. The number of stamens varies in different plants from one to one hundred or more, but is generally constant for the same species, and The Unequal Stamens of Lager stramia Indica , the flower cut longitudinally. neæ; a staminodium.