Post date: Apr 12, 2012 3:10:58 AM
The floret contains a flower. The flower consists of a pistil (female organ) and six stamens (male organs).
Fig. 41 - Pistil.
Fig. 42 - Stamens.
The stamens have two-celled anthers borne on slender filaments.
Fig. 43 - Anthers and filaments.
The pistil contains one ovule and bears a double-plumed stigma on a short style.
Fig. 44 - Stigma, style, and ovule.
At the flower’s base near the palea are two transparent structures known as lodicules. The lodicules thrust the lemma and palea apart at flowering to enable the elongating stamens to emerge out of the open floret. The lemma and palea close after the anthers have shed their pollen.
Fig. 45 - Lodicule.