. The Botanical Class-Book and Flora of Pennsylvania. ission of a mucous fluid called the fovilla, to theovule. 190. The Fovilla consists of minute particles of mole- PISTIL. 65 culcs of a spherical or oblong form, suspended in a fluid pos-sessed of tremulous motion. 197. The Disk is a ring, either entire or lobed, or a rowof fleshy bodies, situated between the bases of the stamensand pistils. It is said to be hypogynous, when it surroundsthe base of the ovary, as in the Peony; when it adheres toand lines tho tube of the calyx, perigynous, as in llosaceousplants ; and when it. appears at the t
. The Botanical Class-Book and Flora of Pennsylvania. ission of a mucous fluid called the fovilla, to theovule. 190. The Fovilla consists of minute particles of mole- PISTIL. 65 culcs of a spherical or oblong form, suspended in a fluid pos-sessed of tremulous motion. 197. The Disk is a ring, either entire or lobed, or a rowof fleshy bodies, situated between the bases of the stamensand pistils. It is said to be hypogynous, when it surroundsthe base of the ovary, as in the Peony; when it adheres toand lines tho tube of the calyx, perigynous, as in llosaceousplants ; and when it. appears at the top of the ovary, wheret In calyx is superior, it is epigynems, as in the Cornus, Aralta;in th when confluent with the base of the style, i( hcalled the atylopodvum. PISTIL. 198. The Pistils (Fig. 100,c.) occupy the centre of theflower, sometimes numerous, but often only one; collectively,they are called Gynaceum, (guna; a woman, pistil, andoikos, a house). A pistil is composed of three parts—the stigma, the style,and tho ovary. 100. 101. 102. Fi;. 100. Plstfl of* Whoxtlebeeiy; e, the stigma; I, tha style; fpigynoustSisk.; e. perpendicular section of the ovary, combined with the adherent (superior * ; PISTIL. an essential organ in reproduction, and it exercises a peculiaraction on the fecundatory pollen. It is called sessile whenthe style is fronting, in which case it rests immediately onthe ovary. 200. The Style (Fig. 100, b.) is the long cylindrical
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