It stands up from the ocean depths in three fairly well-marked terraces.
This column stands up from the base of the flower, almost at right angles to the lip, and it bears at the top an anther, in the two hollow lobes of which are concealed the two pollen-masses, each with its caudicle terminating below in a roundish gland, concealed at first in the pouch-like rostellum at the front of the column.
Denudation has continued active ever since, and now, owing to greater hardness and consequent power of resistance, the glassy lava stands up as the prominent and picturesque ridge of the Scuir, while the basalts which formerly rose high above it have been worn down into terraced declivities that slope away from it to the sea.
It stands up with a boldness quite unusual in a Dutch town, and steps are even necessary to lead to the higher portions of the town.
The EPP stands up to abuse well, had a number of little prangs with no damage.
