. Boys and girls in biology : or, Simple studies of the lower forms of life. Biology. THE FLOWERING PLANT. 59 pistil means pestle, or mortar. The flower-pisTiL is shaped somewhat like the druggist's pestle, or mortar. Fig. 53. Petal, or Flower-Leaf. Top of Pistil. Petal. •3 a The long, green body (Fig. 54), which forms the lower part of the pistil, holds the eggs or young seeds, and so it is named the ovary, or egg-bag. The top of the egg- bag is drawn out into a curved, hollow tube (Fig. 54) called the style (which comes from the Latin stylos, a column), and is capped by a soft, sticky, hairy
. Boys and girls in biology : or, Simple studies of the lower forms of life. Biology. THE FLOWERING PLANT. 59 pistil means pestle, or mortar. The flower-pisTiL is shaped somewhat like the druggist's pestle, or mortar. Fig. 53. Petal, or Flower-Leaf. Top of Pistil. Petal. •3 a The long, green body (Fig. 54), which forms the lower part of the pistil, holds the eggs or young seeds, and so it is named the ovary, or egg-bag. The top of the egg- bag is drawn out into a curved, hollow tube (Fig. 54) called the style (which comes from the Latin stylos, a column), and is capped by a soft, sticky, hairy knob, called the stigma, or mark. If you slit open this ovary, or egg-pouch, you will find the young seeds, or. & • © H. 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 Stevenson, Sarah Hackett, 1843-1909; Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. New York : D. Appleton and company
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