. On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects. Flowers; Fertilization of plants by insects; Plants. i>r-. Fig. 93.—Flower of Erica tetralix. Fig 94.—Stamen of ditto. sends out a long process {pr, pr), which thus form a series of spokes, standing out from the circle of anthers. Under these circumstances, a bee endea- vouring to suck the honey from the nectary cannot fail firstly to bring its head in contact with the viscid stigma (Fig. 93, si) and thus to deposit upon it any. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
. On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects. Flowers; Fertilization of plants by insects; Plants. i>r-. Fig. 93.—Flower of Erica tetralix. Fig 94.—Stamen of ditto. sends out a long process {pr, pr), which thus form a series of spokes, standing out from the circle of anthers. Under these circumstances, a bee endea- vouring to suck the honey from the nectary cannot fail firstly to bring its head in contact with the viscid stigma (Fig. 93, si) and thus to deposit upon it any. 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.
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