. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. KO. 20.—I. MALE, AND II, FEMALB WU>WRM OF AliKOWHEAD. flame stem the males above, the females beneath tiiem. At first sight you would think this a bad arrangement because you might fancy pollen from the males would certainly fall or blow out upon the females beneath them. But the plant prevents that catastrophe by a very simple dodge, wnich we shall have occasion to notice in many other parallel cases. The flowers open from below upward; thus the females mature first, and are fertiUsed by insects which brine to them pollen from other plants alrek
. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. KO. 20.—I. MALE, AND II, FEMALB WU>WRM OF AliKOWHEAD. flame stem the males above, the females beneath tiiem. At first sight you would think this a bad arrangement because you might fancy pollen from the males would certainly fall or blow out upon the females beneath them. But the plant prevents that catastrophe by a very simple dodge, wnich we shall have occasion to notice in many other parallel cases. The flowers open from below upward; thus the females mature first, and are fertiUsed by insects which brine to them pollen from other plants alrekody rifled • later on the males follow suit, and their pollen. 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 : Hodder and Stoughton
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