BOTANY. 



Break the spike at about the middle, and take off a bun- 

 dle from the top of the lower half. Observe whether it is 

 attached by its side or its end, and whether any of its 

 scales adhere to the rachis either wholly or in part. 



pistil. 



FIG. 459. 



FIG. 460. 



FIG. 462. 



Remove the first two of these scales : there is no trace 

 of either pistil or stamens within them. They are quite 

 empty. What do you find next? Are there not two or 



