Reproduction in Flowering Plants 199 



drangea furnish examples of large and much-branched flower 

 clusters. A stem which bears a single flower or flower cluster 

 is the flower stalk or peduncle. The branches of the peduncle 



FIG. 120. Flowers of the corn plant. The panicle of staminate flowers (tassel) is 

 shown above. Below are the pistillate flowers arranged in a spike (ear) inclosed by 

 sheathing leaves. The only part of the pistillate flowers exposed to the air is the long 

 style (silk). 



