CORN FLOWERS 



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FIG. 15. Lengthwise section 

 through the end of a young ear 

 of Corn, showing the spikelets 

 containing the pistillate flowers. 

 hj husk; s, silks of the pistils; b, 

 enlarged bases of the pistils en- 

 closed by bracts; c, cob. Slightly 

 enlarged. 



'- S 



-t 



FIG. 16. A spikelet from a young 

 ear of Corn to show the two pistil- 

 late flowers. I, the bracts of the 

 flower that develops no pistil. The 

 other bracts belong to the flower 

 having the pistil, r, ovary which 

 becomes the kernel; t, style of the 

 silk; s, the branched stigma; e, 

 glumes; /, lemmas; pa, paleas. 

 The lodicules are very small and are 

 not shown. Very much enlarged. 



