Structural Characteristics 



141 



Fhcnizontal 



Straight- 

 hanging 



F. 

 Teflexed, 



Fig. XXXIX. — Carriage of Falls* 



144), and thus aid in bringing about the poUination 

 of the flower — a matter that will be more fully re- 

 ferred to under Process of Pollination in Chapter X. 



Pistil. — Strictly speaking, the flower has three 

 pistils, but for a considerable part of their length 

 they grow together, forming a single body with mem- 

 bers more or less distinct (constituting what is known 

 as a compound pistil) and are therefore generally 

 referred to as "the pistil". 



The pistil consists of ovary — already mentioned 

 (page 131) — style and stigma. The style extends 



*Courtesy of American Iris Society. 



