. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. A Very Intp:lligen't Plant 277 last blossom dusted her, each part being so con- trived that what she takes from one flower she hands on to another. You can see the little tufted stigma standing up in the centre of No. 10, and can understand how it must catch on its tip the fertilis- ing yellow grains which the bee collected in a pre- vious explosion. But now no- tice a curious thing that next happens. When once the tiower is " sprung," as we call it—that is to say,thus ela- stically opened —the keel and wings ne
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. A Very Intp:lligen't Plant 277 last blossom dusted her, each part being so con- trived that what she takes from one flower she hands on to another. You can see the little tufted stigma standing up in the centre of No. 10, and can understand how it must catch on its tip the fertilis- ing yellow grains which the bee collected in a pre- vious explosion. But now no- tice a curious thing that next happens. When once the tiower is " sprung," as we call it—that is to say,thus ela- stically opened —the keel and wings never go back again into their original position. Thev remain perma- nently open. You will thus comprehend that there is a great difference between the virgin llowcr, in which the keel and wings are locked over the stamens, and the "sprung" one, in which the keel and wings have descended from their lirst position so that the entire centre of the blossom is exposed to view. Moreover, after the flower is once ferti-. _ -' ^3r NO. 10. -I UK iroUKK, SI'Rl NC, AM) MSlllAKClNi; I'Ol 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. Toronto : W. Briggs
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