. The colours of flowers [microform] : as illustrated in British flora. Flowers; Color of flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Couleur des fleurs; Fleurs. LAW OF PROG RE SSI VE COL O URA TION. 37 lated with the visits of insects, for the two highly abnormal petals under the helmet of the monkshood produce honey, as do also the two long petals within the spur of the larkspur. Both flowers are also specially adapted to the very highest class of insect Fig. 12.—Flowers of monkshood {Aconitum «rt/^//«i), dark blue. Aconitiim is chiefly fertilized by bees ; and Sir John Lubbock observes that '^ Ant
. The colours of flowers [microform] : as illustrated in British flora. Flowers; Color of flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Couleur des fleurs; Fleurs. LAW OF PROG RE SSI VE COL O URA TION. 37 lated with the visits of insects, for the two highly abnormal petals under the helmet of the monkshood produce honey, as do also the two long petals within the spur of the larkspur. Both flowers are also specially adapted to the very highest class of insect Fig. 12.—Flowers of monkshood {Aconitum «rt/^//«i), dark blue. Aconitiim is chiefly fertilized by bees ; and Sir John Lubbock observes that '^ Anthophorapilipes and Born- bus hortorum are the only two North European insects which have a proboscis long enough to reach to the end of the spur of Delphiniiun elatum. A,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Macmillan
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