CHRYSANTHEMUM PARTHENIUM. 121 the pistil has attained its full length, the two branches open and curve downwards, so as to expose the stigmatic surfaces (Fig. 89 st) which had previously been pressed closely to one another, and thus protected from the action of the pollen. From this arrangement it… … FIG. 87. FIG. 88. FIG. 89 FIG. 87. — Floret of Chrysanthem MM* parthemnm, just opened. FIG. 88.— Ditto, somewhat more advanced. FIG. 89. — Ditto, with the stigmas expanded. the flower-head of the Chrysanthemum would dust its under-side with the pollen of the younger flowers, which then could not…
Flowers -- Color · Fertilization of plants by insects · Plants -- Variation
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