. Textbook of botany. Botany. THE INDIAN CORN i6i attached at one side of the style and which seems to be an extremely long stigma. The silk projects beyond the husks; all along its surface are hairs, which are most numerous near the tip. The cluster of stigmas or silks hanging from the end of the ear thus furnishes an excellent /,\ means for catching and holding the pollen grains. The flowers at the base of the ear are the oldest and first to mature, and therefore the kernels in this part of the ear develop first. 183. Staminate Flow- ers. — The tassel is a much-branched cluster of staminate
. Textbook of botany. Botany. THE INDIAN CORN i6i attached at one side of the style and which seems to be an extremely long stigma. The silk projects beyond the husks; all along its surface are hairs, which are most numerous near the tip. The cluster of stigmas or silks hanging from the end of the ear thus furnishes an excellent /,\ means for catching and holding the pollen grains. The flowers at the base of the ear are the oldest and first to mature, and therefore the kernels in this part of the ear develop first. 183. Staminate Flow- ers. — The tassel is a much-branched cluster of staminate flowers. The flnal branches of the cluster are spikelets, corresponding to the spikelets of the ear. Each spikelet of the tassel (Fig. loi, ^4) also. b. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Charles E. (Charles Elmer), b. 1872; Gilbert, Edward Martinius, joint author. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath & co
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