. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. MEANS OF POLLINATION 139 #*p because the pollen of one flower is impotent on the pistil of that flower. Buckwheat is another such plant. 285. The corn plants are monoecious, and therefore self- pollination is impossible. The staminate flowers of the In- dian corn are in a terminal A^'^M panicle or tasi The pistillate dense spike (ear), inclosed in a sheath or husk. (Fig. 231.) Each "silk" is a style. Each pistillate flower may produce a kernel of corn. Sometimes a few pistil- flowe
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. MEANS OF POLLINATION 139 #*p because the pollen of one flower is impotent on the pistil of that flower. Buckwheat is another such plant. 285. The corn plants are monoecious, and therefore self- pollination is impossible. The staminate flowers of the In- dian corn are in a terminal A^'^M panicle or tasi The pistillate dense spike (ear), inclosed in a sheath or husk. (Fig. 231.) Each "silk" is a style. Each pistillate flower may produce a kernel of corn. Sometimes a few pistil- flowers are in a ',**«* *â¢'â "*'-^k1 wr &. 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. New York, Macmillan
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