Structural Characteristics 



141 



F horizontal 



F. f loring 

 F. drooping 



' 7 /F. 



Straight 

 hanging 



fri 



FIG. XXXIX. CARRIAGE OF FALLS* 



144), and thus aid in bringing about the pollination 

 of the flower a matter that will be more fully re- 

 ferred to under Process of Pollination in Chapter X. 



PISTIL. Strictly speaking, the flower has three 

 pistils, but for a considerable part of their length 

 they grow together, forming a single body with mem- 

 bers more or less distinct (constituting what is known 

 as a compound pistil) and are therefore generally 

 referred to as "the pistil". 



The pistil consists of ovary already mentioned 

 (page 131) style and stigma. The style extends 



*Courtesy of American Iris Society. 



