five styles and stigmas and in the ovary will be several ovules.

In the buttercup will be found a large number of small pistils, each
consisting of an ovary and stigma.

The parts of different flowers will be found to vary in color, in
shape, in relative size and in number. In some flowers one or more of
the parts will be found wanting.

Examine a number of flowers and find the parts.


FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTS OF THE FLOWERS

Now what are the uses of these parts of the flower?

[Illustration: FIG. 70.--FLOWER OF CHERRY.
_a_, pistil; _b_, stamen; _c_, corolla; _d_, calyx; _e_, section of
flower showing ovary with ovule. (Drawing by M.E. Feltham.)]

[Illustration: FIG. 71.
1. Flower of apple; _b_, stamens; _c_, corolla; _d_, calyx. 2. Section
of same; _a_, style; _e_, compound ovary; _f_, filament; _g_, anther.
(Drawing by M.E. Feltham.)]

[Illustration: FIG. 72.
_A._ Pistil of flowering raspberry; _e_, ovary; _t_, style; _s_,
stigma. _B._ Stamen of flowering raspberry; _f_, filament; _g_,
anther; _p_, pollen.]