. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. Fig. 314. Rhinanthus major, Ehrh., var. hirsutus. All. (after Herm. Mttller). A. Flower after removal of the calyx, in longitudinal section. B. Uppermost part of the flower, after removal of the right half of the corolla, seen from the right side. C. Upper part of a flower, seen from the front. D. Do., after removal of lower lip (x 3i). hth, humble-bee door; fth, Lepidopterid door; «, nectary ; ov, ovary; j/, stigma. while the stigma remains in its original
. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. Fig. 314. Rhinanthus major, Ehrh., var. hirsutus. All. (after Herm. Mttller). A. Flower after removal of the calyx, in longitudinal section. B. Uppermost part of the flower, after removal of the right half of the corolla, seen from the right side. C. Upper part of a flower, seen from the front. D. Do., after removal of lower lip (x 3i). hth, humble-bee door; fth, Lepidopterid door; «, nectary ; ov, ovary; j/, stigma. while the stigma remains in its original position. It follows that pollen which has fallen out of the flaccid receptacles and remains clinging to the anther-hairs or the inwardly projecting folds of the corolla will be transferred to the stigma. Visitors.—Herm. Miiller observed 2 Lepidoptera and 6 humble-bees, Bombus mastrucatus Gerst., among the latter perforating the flowers and stealing nectar. 2i6g. R. angustifolius C. C. Gmel. (=R. alpinus Koch). (Herm. Miiller, ' Alpenblumen'; Kerner, ' Nat. Hist. PI.,' Eng. Ed. i, II, pp. 273, 366.)—This species it. Fig. ^\^. Rhinanthus angustifolius, C. C. Gmel. (after Herm. Miiller). A. A very young flower, seen from the side, B. A somewhat older flower, partly dissected, after removal of the calyx. C. A still older flower, partly dissected. D. A flower of the same age as 5, seen directly from the front (x 3J). ca, calyx ; co, corolla; _/?, filaments; _/"/, ' Lepidopterid door * , ht, closed ' humble-bee door '; w, nectary ; ov, ovary ; /, folds of the corolla ; J s, sepals ; st, stigma. bears protogynous Lepidopterid flowers. The ' humble-bee door' possessed by other species of the genus is closed, but a ' Lepidopterid door' is present, through which only. 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 origina
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