. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 276 Flashlights on Nature ,: ,tr. the insects, and shows them in which direction to approach the flower. Now comes the strangest part of the whole process of flowering. When the bee settles on the blossom, she alights on the keel and wings, to which she clings by her fore-legs, and so weighs down the entire lower portion of the mechanism with her weight. As she does so, the clasps or knobs on the wings come undone, and the whole flower springs open ela- stically, as you see it in No. 10, exposing the stamens and the young
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 276 Flashlights on Nature ,: ,tr. the insects, and shows them in which direction to approach the flower. Now comes the strangest part of the whole process of flowering. When the bee settles on the blossom, she alights on the keel and wings, to which she clings by her fore-legs, and so weighs down the entire lower portion of the mechanism with her weight. As she does so, the clasps or knobs on the wings come undone, and the whole flower springs open ela- stically, as you see it in No. 10, exposing the stamens and the young pod which form its central organs. At the same moment, the pollen,which is specially ar- ranged for this contingency, bursts forth in a little explosive cloud, covering the body and legs of the visiting insect. She takes no notice of this queer manoeuvre on the part of the plant, being quite familiar with it, but goes on helping herself to the store of honey. As soon as she has rifled it all, she flies away, and visits a second flower of the same kind. In the act of doing so, she rubs off on its sensitive surface the pollen with which the. NO. 9.—THE FLOWER, HALF 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. New York : Doubleday & McClure
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