SECT. I. THE FLOWER. 123 



cherry ; and if it remains attached to the ripened 

 ovary, an appendage of the fruit, it is said to be 

 permanent, as in the Star of Bethlem. 



The stigma is a small and glandular-looking The stig- 

 substance crowning the style, and hence also de- 

 nominated the summit. This is at least its gene- 

 ral character, in which case it is said to be ter- 

 minal. But it happens sometimes, though rarely, 

 to be situated upon the side of the ovary, as in 

 the genus Scheuchzeria ; in which case it is said 

 to be lateral ; and where the style is altogether 

 wanting, as in the genus Nymphcea, it is then 

 said to be sessile, being situated immediately upon 

 the ovary. If there is but one stigma to a pistil, 

 it is said to be single, as in the Tulip ; if two, it 

 is said to be double, as in the Grasses ; if three, it 

 is said to be triplicate, as in the Iris ; and if many 

 it is said to be multiphcate, as in the Mallow. 



The figure of the stigma is globular, as iA Hot- Its figure. 

 tonia palustris ; hemispherical, as in the Berberry; 

 conical, as in Utricularia ; truncated, as in Aspho- 

 de.lus ; oblong, as in Holcus ; club-shaped, as in 

 Quinquina ; petaloid, as in the Iris ; peltate, as in 

 Nymphtfa ; radiate, as in the Poppy ; cruciform, 

 as in Pencea; awl-shaped, as in the Hazel-tree; 

 thread-shaped, as in Eriocaulon ; pencil-shaped, as 

 in M ilium ; triangular, as in Convallaria ; hol- 

 lowed, as in Vinca ; folded, as in Podophylium ; 

 or feathered, as in the Grasses in general. 



The direction of the stigma is upright, that is, Direction. 

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