CORN FLOWERS 19 
Fia. 
through the end of a young ear 
15. — Lengthwise section 
of Corn, showing the spikelets 
containing the pistillate flowers. 
h, husk; s, silks of the pistils; }, 
enlarged bases of the pistils en- 
closed by bracts; c, cob. Slightly 
enlarged. 
Se 
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Fic. 16. — A spikelet from a young 
ear of Corn to show the two pistil- 
late flowers. 1, the bracts of the 
flower that develops no pistil. The 
other bracts belong to the flower 
having the pistil. r, ovary which 
becomes the kernel; ¢, style of the 
silk; s, the branched stigma; e, 
glumes; jf, lemmas; pa, paleas. 
The lodicules are very small and are 
not shown. Very much enlarged. 
