If-r- 



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now PLANTS AHE ri{OPA(;A'l"F,l). 



FlowiTof Llzaitt'sT-'l. 



appear in snmo flowers very much like these, jis in liutteroiips (Fig. 238) aud 

 (JoMthrend. (")r the llower iiimv he still more iiieomplete, and 



Naked, or Ac/ilam iff eons ; that is, without any flower-leaves at all, 

 neither cmIvx nor corolla. That, is the case in 

 the Lizard's-Tail (Fig. 164), anil in Willows. Or 

 it may he incomplete hy wanting either the stamens 

 or tlie pistils; then it is 



205. All Imperfect or Separated Flower, of course, 



if the stamens are wanting in one kind of blos- 

 som there must l)e others that haAe them. I'lants 

 with imperfect llowers accordingly bear two sorts 

 of blossoms, namely, one sort 



Sf(iiii///af'' or S/rri/c, those ha\ iug stamens only, and therefore not 

 producing seed ; and the other 



l*i!<fillat(' or /'''■rft'/c, having a ]>istil but no good i 

 stamens, and ripening seeil only when fertilised by jiollcn ,'V 

 from tlu^ sterile flowers. The Oak ami ( *hestnut, Hemp, U, 

 Moonseed, and Indian ( 'orn aie so. Fig. 165 is one of v<..', 

 the staniinate or sterile flowers of IndiaTi Corn ; tliese 

 form the "tassel "' at the toj) of the stem : their pollen 

 falls upon the "silk,"' or styles, of the forming ear below, 

 consisting of rows of pistillate flowers. Fig. 166 is one 

 of these, with its vei'V lonfi; stvle. The two kinds of 

 flowers in this case are 



Monojcious ; that is, both borne Hy the same indi- 

 vidual ])lant ; as they are also in the Oak, 

 Chestnut, Jlirch, kc. In other cases 



Ditrcions ; that is, when one tree or herb 



bears flowers with stamens only, and another 



flowers with pistils only; as in "Willows and 



Poplars, Hemp, and Moonseed. Fig. 167 is 



a staminate flower from one plant of IVIoon- 



seed, magnified; and Fig. 168, a pistillate flower, borne by a plant from a 



different root, 'i'here is a third way : some plants produce w'hat are called 



Pohjganwus flowers, that is, having some blossoms with pistils only or with sta- 



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Iiiilian Cdiii. 



Moonseed Flowrrs. 





