THE PISTIL. 



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EXERCISE XL. 

 Form and Position of Style 



FIG. 277. 

 Sigmoid. 



FIG. 278. 

 Lateral. 



FIG. 279. 

 Basal. 



FIG. 280. 

 Terminal. 



The shapes of styles may be named by the same words 

 as the shapes of filaments. 



Observe, in faded flowers and young fruit, whether the 

 styles are persistent or deciduous. 



EXERCISE XLI. 

 Pistil, Ovary, Fruit. 



It will be convenient to apply the following names to 

 certain distinctions among pistils with which pupils are 

 now familiar : 



A COMPOUND PISTIL (Fig. 281) consists of several 

 united carpels is syncarpous. 



FIG. 281. 

 A Compound Pistil. 



FIG. 282. 

 A Simple Pistil. 



A SIMPLE PISTIL (Fig. 282) consists of only a single 

 carpel, and is, of course, apocarpous. 



