. Elements of botany. Plants. Fig. 155. —Two Flowers of Common Sage, one of them visited by a bee. The stamens of the laurel, Kalmia, throw little masses of pollen, with a quick jerk, against the body of the visiting insect. Barberry stamens spring up against the visitor and dust him with pollen. The common garden sage matures its anthers earlier than its stigmas. In Fig. 155, A, the young flower is seen, visited by a bee, and one anther is shown pressed closely against the side of the bee's abdomen. The stigma st is hidden within the upper lip of the corolla. In B, an older flower, the anther
. Elements of botany. Plants. Fig. 155. —Two Flowers of Common Sage, one of them visited by a bee. The stamens of the laurel, Kalmia, throw little masses of pollen, with a quick jerk, against the body of the visiting insect. Barberry stamens spring up against the visitor and dust him with pollen. The common garden sage matures its anthers earlier than its stigmas. In Fig. 155, A, the young flower is seen, visited by a bee, and one anther is shown pressed closely against the side of the bee's abdomen. The stigma st is hidden within the upper lip of the corolla. In B, an older flower, the anthers have withered and the stigma is now lowered so as to brush against the body of 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Bergen's Botany: key and flora, Pacific coast ed. Boston : Ginn
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