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distinguishable by its papillae. The superficial stigma is terminal in Fra&inella (fig. 

 362), Strawberry (fig. 407), Sweet Vetch (fig. 424) ; lateral in Ranunculus, where it 

 is hooked (fig. 425) ; and in Hearts- 

 ease (fig. 377), where it forms a 

 hollow ball with a two-lipped 



429. Lychnis. Pistil. 



Sc.'_ 



427. Iris. Pistil. 



428. Orchis. Flower without the ovary. 

 NT, stigma ; it, rctinnciilnm ; r, pollen ; 

 i., anther-cell (mag.). 



430. Cornflower. 

 Style and stigmas 

 (mag.). 



orifice; and in Polygala (fig. 426), where it forms a small very short lip (Sti.) on 

 the sides of a style (Sty.) hollowed into a funnel, and spoon-shaped at the end ; 



in Iris (fig. 427), in which the composite style divides 

 into three petaloid plates with two unequal lips, the interior 

 of which is bifurcate, the stigmatic surface (Stig.) occu- 

 pies a small transverse fissure between these lips; 

 in Orchis (fig. 428), where it forms a shining and viscous 

 cup (ST) situated below the retinaculum (R) ; in Lychnis 

 (fig. 429) where it is papillose and transparent, clothing 



431. 



Chrysanthemum. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



432. Eiipatorium. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



435. Achillea. 



Style of a floret 



(mag.). 



430. Achillea. 



Style of 

 a semi-floret (mag.). 



the furrowed inner faces of the styles ; in Plantain, where its papillae form two 

 velvety lines along the style. 



The stigma must not be confounded with certain peculiar hairs which some- 

 times garnish the style, and are almost always directed obliquely upwards, and 

 intended to catch the pollen ; they are most frequent in flowers with contiguous 



