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mild (fic). 333) ; in the latter case, instead of looking upon these 

 separate parts as so many distinct stigmas, it is usual to describe 

 them as if they were portions of but one ; thus we speak of the 

 stigma as hifid, trijid, &c., or as bilobatc, trilobate, &c., aecord- 



Fia. 452. 



Ki«. 453. 



-F/f/, 452. stigma, s, attached to style, f, of Biijuoniii arborea. lu the left- 

 hand figure the lamella' are separate, in tlie other applied closely to 



each other. Fig. 453. Flower of a species of liinnej-, showing fringed 



stigmas, pL 



ing to the number and character of its divisions. The term lobe 

 is usually applied when the divisions are thick, as in the Lily 

 (fig- 449) and Melon {fig- 450); when these are flattened and 

 somewhat strap-shaped, as in the Compositae {fig- 451), the 



Fig. JSk 



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Fig, 455. 



Fig. 456. 



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Fig- 454. .s. Peltate or shield-shaped stig-nia surmounting the style, t, of a 



species of Arhnliis. -Fiff, 455. Pistil of Daphne- o. Ovarv. U. Style. 



stig. Stigma. Fi(j. 456. Pistil of Pansy ( Viola tricolor^, cal. Remains of 



calyx, ov. Ovar\ . s/y. Stylo, surmounted by an irregular hooded stigma. 



stigma is fissured or cleft ; when flattened into plates or bands 

 they are termed lamellce, as in Bignonia {fig- 452) and Mimu- 

 lus. The number of these divisions in the majority of instances 

 corresponds to the number of carpels of which the pistil is com- 

 posed ; and if the latter organ is many-celled, the number of 



