. Beginners botany. Botany. ISO ' BOTANY duce great quantities of pollen, for much of it is wasted. They usually have broad stigmas, which expose large surfaces to the wind. They are usually lacking in gaudy colours and iu perfume. Grasses and pine trees are typical examples of anemophilous plants. In many eases cross-pollination is assured because the stamens and ilic pistils are in different flowers (diclinous). Monoecious and " ^ ^>fM\Tâ -\' dioecious plants may be polli- nated by wind or insects, or other agents (Fig. 204). They are usually wind - pollinated, altho
. Beginners botany. Botany. ISO ' BOTANY duce great quantities of pollen, for much of it is wasted. They usually have broad stigmas, which expose large surfaces to the wind. They are usually lacking in gaudy colours and iu perfume. Grasses and pine trees are typical examples of anemophilous plants. In many eases cross-pollination is assured because the stamens and ilic pistils are in different flowers (diclinous). Monoecious and " ^ ^>fM\Tâ -\' dioecious plants may be polli- nated by wind or insects, or other agents (Fig. 204). They are usually wind - pollinated, although willows are often, if not mostly, insect- pollinated. The Indian corn is a monoecious plant. The staminate flowers are in a terminal panicle (tassel). The pistillate flowers are in a dense spike (ear), inclosed in a sheath or husk. Each " silk" is a style. Each pistillate flower produces a kernel of corn. Some- times a few pistillate flowers are borne in the tassel and a few staminate flowers on the tip of the ear. Is self-fertili- zation possible with the ' Why does a "volunteer" stalk standing alone in a garden have only a few grains on the ear ? What is the direction of the prevailing wind in summer.'' If only two or three rows of corn are ^m^\ Fig. 204. â Flowers of Black Walnut: two pis- tillate flowers at A, and staminate catkins at 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. Toronto : Macmillan
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