32 THE NECTARY. 



The part which is called the gennen in the young flower, gradually 

 nudergoes a change, till it finally becomes the seed-vessel or fruit. 



22. The style is the middle portion of the pistil, and is 

 a prolongation of the substance of the gennen. It gene- 

 rally issues from the upper extremity of the gennen, but 

 sometimes from the side or base. 



It appears, from observation, that the style is not altogether es- 

 sential to the formation of a perfect flower: as in the poppy, it is 

 entirely wanting, bat the germen and stigma are always present. 



23. The stigma is a small and glandular-looking sub- 

 stance crowning the stjle, and hence denominated the 

 Mpptf. 



The primrose, heart 's-ease, and many other common garden flowers 

 may be consulted, for a practical knowledge of these parts of a pistil. 

 If you take the primrose and remove the calyx, corolla, and stamens, 

 you will readily distinguish the pistil, with its round ball, or stigma, 

 (F. 8, a) at the top ; then the style, (b) upon which it is supported, 

 and lastly, the germen, or part (c) to which the style is attached. 



THE NECTARY. 



24. The nectary is an appendage peculiar to some 

 flowers, attached, for the most part, to the corolla, and 

 secreting or containing a honied juice, though it is not 

 necessary to a nectary, that honey should be present. 



The nectary may be exemplified, in the horn-like process issuing 

 from the base of the corolla of the violet, or orchis. It assumes, 

 however, a great variety of shapes and situations in different genera 

 of plants. 



