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of their color and form and the presence of nectar glands, 

 attract insects for the purpose of bringing about pollination. 

 The pistil and stamens are reproductive organs. 



Structure of the Pistil. Each pistil consists of a stigma or 

 expanded part, a style or slender neck-like portion, an ovary 



FIG. 65. Wild Yellow Lily. Left-hand figure is a stamen, the right is a pistil. 



or enlarged hollow part containing the ovules and a slender 

 stipe or stem. The stigma is usually expanded and in the lily 

 it is three-lobed. Its epidermis develops numerous papillae 

 which secrete a sticky fluid for fixing the pollen grain and 

 nourishing the male gametophyte developing from it. The 



