. Textbook of botany. Botany. b. Fig. ioi. — A, a spilcelet from the "tassel" of the Indian corn, bearing two staminate flowers; a, one of the bracts; b, filament; c, anther. B, a lengthwise section through an unopened staminate flower; d and e, bracts; /, filament, now short, but which will become much longer when the flower opens; g, the rudimentary pistil; h, one of the two smaU sepal-Uke parts. B after Weatherwax. bears two (or occasion- ally more) flowers, as well as several chaffy bracts or scales. A flower consists of three stamens, a rudimentary pistil, and two small, swollen
. Textbook of botany. Botany. b. Fig. ioi. — A, a spilcelet from the "tassel" of the Indian corn, bearing two staminate flowers; a, one of the bracts; b, filament; c, anther. B, a lengthwise section through an unopened staminate flower; d and e, bracts; /, filament, now short, but which will become much longer when the flower opens; g, the rudimentary pistil; h, one of the two smaU sepal-Uke parts. B after Weatherwax. bears two (or occasion- ally more) flowers, as well as several chaffy bracts or scales. A flower consists of three stamens, a rudimentary pistil, and two small, swollen, leaf-like structures that perhaps correspond to sepals. Each stamen is composed of a flla- ment which in the mature flower is long and drooping, and a long anther which has four pollen sacs. Since there are many staminate flowers in a " tassel," the amount of pollen is very great; it has been estimated that as many as ,18,000,000 pollen grains may be produced by a single com 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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