PISTIL. 17 



The Pistil, when perfect, consists of three 

 parts; the Germen, fig. 6, pi. 11. « the Style, ^ 

 and the Stigma, c 



The Germeu, which is the rudiment of the 

 seed vessel, is either 



Superior, above the base of the calyx and 

 corolla, as in Saint John's-wort, (Hypericum) fig. 7. 



Inferior, below it, as in the Dog-rose, fig. 8. 



The Style, with its stigma, usually falls off 

 with the corolla, but in some cases remains 

 attached to, and crowning, the seed vessel, as 

 in Poppy, (Papaver) fig. 9. 



In some flowers the style terminates in a mere 

 point, without any expansion denoting a stigma, 

 as in Campion, (Lychnis) fig. 10. In others the 

 stigma is 



Capitate, forming a round head, as in Primula, 



fig. 11. 

 Uncinate, hooked, as in Viola, fig. 12. 

 Plumose, feathery, as in the grasses, fig. 13. 

 Foliaceous, resembling a leaf, as in Iris, fig. 14. 

 Bifid, as in Dandelion, fig. 2. « 

 Trifid, in Campanula. 

 Tetrafid, in Willow-herb, (Epilobium) fig. 15. 



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