From the base of the inner part of the tube rises a stalk bearing above the middle a ring of five stamens (the male pollen-producing structures).
The eccentric bright-green stalks rose up toward the sky, giving off their unmistakable scent.
When the woman had separated from her partner, the frequency of stalking rose to 88percentt.
Several minutes into our conversation, one of the younger men, who'd been mutely worrying at a piece of grass, rose and abruptly stalked off.
The pistil is the center stalk that rises above the other stalks in the middle of a flower.
In a healthy nine-month-old Cavendish plant, a secondary stalk rises from the center of the pseudostem and, a few months later, droops with a single eighty-pound bunch.
Prespore cells comprise ∼80% of mound cells, with the remaining prestalk cells that give rise to the stalk, basal disc and supporting cup structures (Williams, 2006).
It's a characteristically expressive work, with two stalks rising from the river and spreading out to join each other, their curves emphasised with prominent ribs.
In the second season of growth, seed stalks rise about 1 metre (3.3 feet) tall and are topped by compound umbels of small, greenish yellow flowers followed by tiny fruits, or seeds, similar to those of a carrot but without spines.
El Akkad's struggling heroes deal with cumbersome entities like "the Mississippi River Protection Agency," "the Department of Energy Security" and, of course, the "Condolence Payment Department of the Joint Compensation Office". It's the 2070s, sea levels have risen and war stalks the land, but government — and government's fussy linguistic style — endures.
