this pollen the seed cannot 



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a. 



oea 



I3L 



CL\-H 





tlie stigma 

 or female 

 organ. A 

 cotton pol- 

 len grain is 

 a sphere 

 covered 

 with two 



coatings, PolL£n Q 

 Cottd 



be produced. 5. The pistil 

 (bd|fig. 2), is the female organ, 

 and there are three to five in 

 each flower, united and tvv^ist- 

 ed around each other. The 

 pistil consists of three parts: 

 (1) stigma h, to which the pol- 

 len is first attached after it 

 leaves the stamens; (2) the 

 style, a slender shaft separa- 

 ting the stigma from the (3) 

 ovary d. The ovary, after 

 fertilization with pollen, 

 forms the boll in which the 

 seed and fiber are found. 

 Now a few words as to the 



action' of the pollen grains 

 after they find lodgment on 



or thin 

 membran- 

 e 8 , inside 

 of which is 

 a mass of 

 matter (A 

 fig. 3), that 

 carries the 

 male prin- 

 ciple. The 

 coat, P, has 



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