. Botany for agricultural students. Plants. 34 PISTILS AND STAMENS ing the ovary and stigma, known as the style. In the pistil of the Cherry shown in Figure So the parts are indicated. The ovary is at 0. The stigma is the expanded surface at st. The style is at s and is a stalk-like structure projecting from the ovary and supporting the stigma. In the Corn the style is extremely long and the stigma branched. {Fig. 36.) In Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Rice there are two very short styles and the stigmas are much l)ranched and plume-like. {Fig. 37.) Styles and stigmas vary much among plants. Ovary.
. Botany for agricultural students. Plants. 34 PISTILS AND STAMENS ing the ovary and stigma, known as the style. In the pistil of the Cherry shown in Figure So the parts are indicated. The ovary is at 0. The stigma is the expanded surface at st. The style is at s and is a stalk-like structure projecting from the ovary and supporting the stigma. In the Corn the style is extremely long and the stigma branched. {Fig. 36.) In Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Rice there are two very short styles and the stigmas are much l)ranched and plume-like. {Fig. 37.) Styles and stigmas vary much among plants. Ovary. — The ovary is the most impor- tant part of the pistil because within it the seeds are produced, and often it makes the edible portion of Fig. 36. — Pistillate flower of Corn, drawn to show the parts of the pistil. A portion of the bracts have been cut away to give a view of the ovary. 0, ovary, the portion that becomes the ker- nel; s, style; s^, stigma. Much 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 Martin, John N. (John Nathan), b. 1875. New York, John Wiley ; London, Chapman & Hall
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