...about half as broad, the point blunt, the lower half narrowed gradually into a short distinct pettole, the texture succulent, colour a pale green, the upper...Bracts round-peltate, equalling the oblong stamens. Orary flask-shaped, with an entirely terminal penicillate stigma and a conspicuous style. — JGB A...

...(Claviceps purpurea). This fungus disease attacks the ovary and transforms it into a purplish-black mass about half an inch long and an eighth of an inch in diameter. This mass is known as "ergot" and is a storage organ of the fungus. The spring following...

...gallbladder (Fig. 52), a pouch holding about 30 to 50 cc of bile, with a duct, the cystic duct, which is about half an inch long, and an eighth of an inch in diameter. The hepatic duct and the cystic duct unite together to form the common duct, a tube about...

...(Claviceps purpurea). This fungus disease attacks the ovary and transforms it into a purplish-black mass about half an inch long and an eighth of an inch in diameter. This mass is known as "ergot" and is a storage organ of the fungus. The spring following...