The flower and the bee; plant life and pollination . cinalis),belladonna {Atropa belladonna), the bearberry {ArctostaphylosUva-ursi), the wood-betony {Pedicidaris sylvatica), gill-over-the-ground {Glechoma hederacea), and largely butter-and-eggs{Linaria vidgaris) are bumblebee-flowers. The scarlet sage{Salvia pratensis), with its walking-beam mechanism for placingthe pollen on a bees back, the dragons-head {Dracocephalum,3 species), Molucca balm {Moluccella Icevis), bugle {A jug a rep-tans), and several orchids, as the showy orchis {Orchis spec-tahilis), the pink flowers of Pogonia ophioglosso
The flower and the bee; plant life and pollination . cinalis),belladonna {Atropa belladonna), the bearberry {ArctostaphylosUva-ursi), the wood-betony {Pedicidaris sylvatica), gill-over-the-ground {Glechoma hederacea), and largely butter-and-eggs{Linaria vidgaris) are bumblebee-flowers. The scarlet sage{Salvia pratensis), with its walking-beam mechanism for placingthe pollen on a bees back, the dragons-head {Dracocephalum,3 species), Molucca balm {Moluccella Icevis), bugle {A jug a rep-tans), and several orchids, as the showy orchis {Orchis spec-tahilis), the pink flowers of Pogonia ophioglossoides common inbogs, and Calypso borealis are aU pollinated by pretty flowers of the purple Gerardia {Gerardia purpurea)are abundant in autumn, but they contain little nectar and fewbumblebees visit them. Finally there may be added to thelist Cerinthe alpina, Scopolia atropoides, and black henbane{Hyoscyamus niger). No matter how bizarre or grotesque a bumblebee-flower maybe to-day, it is derived from a primitive form that was per- 84. Fig. 43. Fringed Gentian. Gentiana crinita A bumblebee-flower
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