. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. FIG. 5.—PHAJCS BLUMET, SBOTVIKG THE ASTHEK KOTATED lOWKWAEDS ; A, C, AS IN IIG. 3. FIG. C.—IHAJUS BLIMEI, SHOWING A MOEE ADVAKOED STAGE THAN FIG. 5 ; THE ANTHEK-CAP A, HAS OrENED ; B, SWOLLEN POLLINIA ; C, E, AS IN FIG. 2 ; K, TIP OF ANTHEI!-CAP. never sa\v an insect visit the plants during all my observations, although the plants were situated where I could inspect them constantly throughout the day or night. Of flowers of the second form,Iexamined many more exampl
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. FIG. 5.—PHAJCS BLUMET, SBOTVIKG THE ASTHEK KOTATED lOWKWAEDS ; A, C, AS IN IIG. 3. FIG. C.—IHAJUS BLIMEI, SHOWING A MOEE ADVAKOED STAGE THAN FIG. 5 ; THE ANTHEK-CAP A, HAS OrENED ; B, SWOLLEN POLLINIA ; C, E, AS IN FIG. 2 ; K, TIP OF ANTHEI!-CAP. never sa\v an insect visit the plants during all my observations, although the plants were situated where I could inspect them constantly throughout the day or night. Of flowers of the second form,Iexamined many more examples. Here there is no rostellum, nevertheless the boundaries of the stigma are quite distinct (Figs. 3, 4, p. 86). On examining a young bud, the anther (enclosing the pollinia) is seen standing vertically erect on the top of the column— of the detached column, without reference to its position in the flower—formnag as it were a pointed extension of it, and attached to it by its minute filament. As the flower progresses in growth,the anther- cap ruptures and rotates forward. When it has descended through about 90^ it occupies (Fig. 5) the position which, if it possessed a rostellum, it would naturally retain; but, having. 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 Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932. New York, Harper
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