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Pistillate flower and perfect flower of strawberry 137 79.
The First Book of Farming Charles Landon Goodrich
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Mr.H. F. Stoke of Virginia, who grafted the McKinster in the spring of 1950, reports: "Pistillate buds developed during the summer of 1951 were killed by a frost catching new growth in the spring of 1952."
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Pistillate flowers bracted with a three to five, normally four-lobed calyx and sometimes with petals.
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Pistillate: the receptacle globose, covering the lower part of the ovary; 3 staminodes take the place of the stamens.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate on small globose aments; calyx proper of the floweret, a coarse scale; corolla none; ovary conical; styles 2, flattened, divergent; stigmas acute.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate tree: Flowers much larger, sessile, in axils of leaves.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate solitary; ovary, 3 locules and numerous ovules; stigma, 3 bifid divisions; fruit globose, narrowing at the ends, covered with tubercles; seeds numerous, lacking albumen, having red aril.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate axillary, calyx adherent, 5 pointed sepals; corolla, 5 nearly triangular petals, finely dentate; style thick, short, the base encircled by 3 glandules; stigma cordate.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate: calyx and corolla same as staminate; nectary, 5 glandules on the base of the ovary.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate flowers; ovary sessile, oblong, unilocular.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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