122 REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. CHAP. III. 



sent it is either simple, as in the Convolvulus, in 

 which there is but a single style to an ovary; or 

 multiplicate, as in the Grasses, in which there 

 arc two styles to an ovary. In such cases the 

 ovary is said to be monostylous, distylous, or poly- 

 stylous, according to the number of styles which 

 it supports. 



Its figure The figure of the style is thread-shaped, as in 

 ture. Sn " Oxalis ; or cylindrical, as in Monotropa ; or awl- 

 shaped, as in Lychnis ; or club-shaped, as in Snow- 

 flake ; or triangular, as in Pisum ; or conical, as in 

 Lecythis. Compared with the stamens it is either 

 thicker, as in Snow-flake : or not so thick, as in 

 Sedum ; or of the same thickness, as in Lamium. 

 In its structure it is either simple and without 

 divisions, as in Atropa ; or cleft at the top, as in 

 Clethra ; or divided, that is, cleft down to the 

 middle, as in Galium ; or dichotomous, that is, 

 having the primary divisions again sub-divided 

 into two, as in Caturus. In its direction it is up- 

 right, as in Solarium Nicotiana ; or bending in 

 the form of a curve, as in the Labiate, flowers ; or 

 ascending from a horizontal to a vertical position, 

 as in Papilionaceous flowers ; or twisted or in- 

 flected, as in the Pink ; or reflected, as in the 

 Grasses. 



Like the ovary the style is also smooth, as in 

 Hypericum; or pubescent, as in Althtfa, or hairy or 

 glandular. If it falls when the ovary is converted 

 into fruit, it is said to be deciduous, as in the 



