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PLANT STUDIES 



Tlio strobilus composed of microsporophylls may be 

 called the stimiinate strobilus — that is, one composed of 

 stamens ; it is often called the staminate cone, " cone " 

 being the English translation of the word "strobilus."' 

 Frequently the staminate cone is spoken of as the "male 

 cone," as it was once supj)osed that the stamen is the 



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Fn;. .■-!()'.), StamiTintP rone (sfrobiliisl of yi'uu^ (PhiiifiV. A, prrtion of cone, showing 

 inin-os)]oro]>]iylls (stniiicns) boarinsj; Tni(TospornnL.M;i ; ]S, longitudinal st-'Ction of a 

 l^in^lc sttnnen, sliow'in^' tlic lar^^o j^poraimimn lirncalii ; <\ rross-Roction of a sta- 

 men, siiowini; tlic two sporiin^ia; J), a .^iTii^Mc inioro.^|ioro (pollen irrain) nnicli en- 

 1,'HL'eil, slinwiuL' tlie Iw" wioL'.^, and a male £,'anielo|ili.vle of two cells, tlie lower 

 and laTL'iT (wall eidO d<'\ elopini; the pollen tiilie, tlie iippi-r and smaller i^^eni-ra- 



(i\e cell) i:i\ ini: rise to llie speiTllS.— .\ fl eP STRASIUiRoKi:. 



male ovgtm. This name slioiild, of course, bo abtindoued, 

 as tli(! stamen is miw known (o be a microsi)orophyll, which 

 is aril organ prodiicctl Ity the s])()rophYte, which never pro- 

 duces sex organs. It. shdiild be Inirno distinctly in mind 

 that the stamen is init a sex organ, for the literature of 

 botany is full of Ihis (,)ld assumption, and the beginner is in 



