. On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects. Flowers; Fertilization of plants by insects; Plants. 164 ORCHIS. [chap. and thus to expose the two viscid balls {dd). Now Suppose an insect visiting this flower: it alights on. FlO. 122. Pl(,^ ,jj^ Fig. 121 -Side view of flower, with all the petals and sepals cut off e;[cept the Up, of which the near half is cut away, as well as the upper portion of the near side of the nectary . Fig. 122, -Front view of flower, with all sepals and petals removed except the lip 1* IG. 123.—The two pollinia. ^ the lip (/), and pushing its proboscis do
. On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects. Flowers; Fertilization of plants by insects; Plants. 164 ORCHIS. [chap. and thus to expose the two viscid balls {dd). Now Suppose an insect visiting this flower: it alights on. FlO. 122. Pl(,^ ,jj^ Fig. 121 -Side view of flower, with all the petals and sepals cut off e;[cept the Up, of which the near half is cut away, as well as the upper portion of the near side of the nectary . Fig. 122, -Front view of flower, with all sepals and petals removed except the lip 1* IG. 123.—The two pollinia. ^ the lip (/), and pushing its proboscis down the nec- tary to the honey, it can hardly fail to bring the. 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 Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. London, Macmillan and Co.
Size: 1346px × 1855px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectflowers, booksubjectp
