. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 126 THE STORY OP THE PLANTS. [ most curious part of it all is that the flower, from the point of viow of the bee, resembles three distinct and separate biossoms; he alights one after another on each bending sepal, and proceeds to search for honey as if in a new flower. Highest of all the threefold flowers, and most wonderful in their marriage customs, are thd. I FIC. 22.—SINGLE FLOWER OF ORCHID, WITH THl PERIANTH CUT AWAY. The hoDcy is in the spur, n; the pollen-masses are marked a; their gummy base is at r; the stigma at st. great group of orchids,
. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 126 THE STORY OP THE PLANTS. [ most curious part of it all is that the flower, from the point of viow of the bee, resembles three distinct and separate biossoms; he alights one after another on each bending sepal, and proceeds to search for honey as if in a new flower. Highest of all the threefold flowers, and most wonderful in their marriage customs, are thd. I FIC. 22.—SINGLE FLOWER OF ORCHID, WITH THl PERIANTH CUT AWAY. The hoDcy is in the spur, n; the pollen-masses are marked a; their gummy base is at r; the stigma at st. great group of orchids, some of which grow wild in our English meadows, while others fix them- selves by short anchoring roots on the branches of trees in the tropical forests. Many of these last produce the handsomest xnd most extra- ordinary flowers in the world, and they are. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Hodder and Stoughton
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