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Flower of Stylidium bicolor in the staminate phase. The column bearing the pollen is formed by fusion (adnation) of staminate and pistillate tissues and will bear the stigma in place of the pollen in one or two days. Here, comparing column length in the male and female phases shows that the positions of the anthers and stigmas are tightly correlated because of the structural integration. (Online version in colour.)
