Archive image from page 286 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( DICECIOUS PLANTS. 26l utterly dissimilar ; the males {a, Fig. 51) are grouped in drooping lines, called catkins, each containing some- thing more than a hundred flowers, which come out soon after Christmas, remain on the tree for a few weeks, and then drop. But they have accomplished their work, for the ten or twelve anthers each blossom car
Archive image from page 286 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( DICECIOUS PLANTS. 26l utterly dissimilar ; the males {a, Fig. 51) are grouped in drooping lines, called catkins, each containing some- thing more than a hundred flowers, which come out soon after Christmas, remain on the tree for a few weeks, and then drop. But they have accomplished their work, for the ten or twelve anthers each blossom carries furnish abundant pollen, which, shaken by every breeze, and being non-adhesive, gently falls through the spreading branches below, where we may find Fig. 51.—Inflorescence of Nut. a, Staminate (Male) Catkin of Nut; b, Pistillate (Female) Blossom of ditto c, Pistillate, Blossom, Unopened. small, hardly observable female flowers (6), consisting of hairy, branched stigmas, crimson in colour, and rising from amidst a few small scales, which con- ceal the ovary. The stigmas catch the dropping granules, the pollen tube is thrown out, and fertili- sation follows, preceding, in order of time, the expanding of the leaves, which would, if opened, seriously impede the operation. The necessary abundance of pollen, since so much is inevitably
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