The flower and the bee; plant life and pollination . dthe larger flowers exhibit strange, fantastic forms which mimicthe heads of reptiles or other animals, or of inanimate are the turtlehead, snapdragon, monkey-flower (Fig. 27),toadflax, foxglove, skullcap, and Calceolaria, or shoe-flower.(Fig. 28.) A great many species are pollinated by bees, as thehedge-nettle (Stachys), dead-nettle (Lamium), hemp-nettle(Galeopsis), the sages, cow-wheat {Melampyrum), and the loose-wort (Pedicularis). (Figs. 29 and 30.) A goodly number arebumblebee-flowers, some exotic species are bird-flowers,
The flower and the bee; plant life and pollination . dthe larger flowers exhibit strange, fantastic forms which mimicthe heads of reptiles or other animals, or of inanimate are the turtlehead, snapdragon, monkey-flower (Fig. 27),toadflax, foxglove, skullcap, and Calceolaria, or shoe-flower.(Fig. 28.) A great many species are pollinated by bees, as thehedge-nettle (Stachys), dead-nettle (Lamium), hemp-nettle(Galeopsis), the sages, cow-wheat {Melampyrum), and the loose-wort (Pedicularis). (Figs. 29 and 30.) A goodly number arebumblebee-flowers, some exotic species are bird-flowers, thefigworts (Scrophularia) are wasp-flowers, while others withsmall, inconspicuously-lipped corollas are fly-flowers, as thespeedwells and mints. It will be remembered that in the pea family by means ofvarious devices the pollen was placed on the under-side of thebees body; but in the mints and figworts it is usually depositedon the back of the insect. In the turtle-head (Chelone glabra)the four heart-shaped anthers lie well forward in the angle 5G. Fig. 25. White Clover. Trifolhim repensSecond stage; after pollination the flowers bend downward and turn reddish, then brown
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