HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS 



The Style is the slender tapering stalk above the ovary. 



The Stigma is usually the tip of the style. The pollen-grains 

 which are deposited upon its moist roughened surface throw out 

 minute tubes which penetrate to the little ovules of the ovary and 

 cause them to ripen into seeds. 



A flower which has neither stamens nor pistils is described as 

 Neutral. 



A flower with only one kind of these organs is termed Uni- 

 sexual. 



A Male or Staminate flower is one with stamens but without 

 pistils. 



A Female or Pistillate flower is one with pistils but without 

 stamens. 



The Fruit of a plant is the ripened seed-vessel or seed-vessels, 

 including the parts which are intimately connected with it or 

 them. 



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