Fig. 231, staminate, and 232, pistillate flower of Moonseed.
250. A blossom having stamens and no pistil is a Staminate or Male flower. Sometimes it is called a Sterile flower, not appropriately, for other flowers may equally be sterile. One having pistil but no stamens is a Pistillate or Female flower.
Fig. 233. Flower of Anemone Pennsylvanica; apetalous, hermaphrodite.
Fig. 234. Flower of Saururus or Lizard's-tail; naked, but hermaphrodite.
[251.] Incomplete Flowers are so named in contradistinction to complete: they want either one or both of the floral envelopes. Those of Fig. [230] are incomplete, having calyx but no corolla. So is the flower of Anemone (Fig. [233]), although its calyx is colored like a corolla. The flowers of Saururus or Lizard's-tail, although perfect, have neither calyx nor corolla (Fig. [234]). Incomplete flowers, accordingly, are