70 OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 
pistil by the number of separate styles, or by the separate 
stigmas, or by the lobes of the stigma or ovary, or by the 
number of cells in the ovary, or (when only one cell) by the 
number of seed-rows. Thus the three-lobed stigma or ovary 
of the Lily indicates a triple pistil, also the three stigmas of 
the Spring Beauty, and the three seed-rows in the Violet. 
(See Fig. 229.) 
215 
Fig. 215. Section of the flower of Alchemi-la, showing the stamens perigynons, 
the style single, simple, and lateral. 
Fig. 216. Section of flower of Jeffersonia,—stamens hypogynous, pistil single, 
simple, with one seed-row. 
127. But when the pistils remain separate and distinct we 
ca]! each one a simple pistil. Thus in Columbine (Fig. 209) 
there are five simple pistils; in Anemone (Fig. 207), and in 
Buttercups, many ; while in Cherry, Peach, Bean, Alchemilla, 
and Jeffersonia, there is just one simple pistil in each flower. 
Such a pistil is usually of an irregular form, with its style 
lateral (on one side), and only one seed or seed-row. (See Figs. 
215, 216.) ad 
126. Please tell us how you detect the number of carpels in the compound 
ovary of Spring Beauty ; of Lily ; of Violet. 
127. What peculiarity in the form of a simple pistil? 
