. The Gardens' bulletin; Straits Settlements . *a mm ? 65 a given species. I have never yet discovered ant food-bodieson the leaves of M. triloba, nor any on the lower stipulessurface of M. Hosei, nor any on the upper surface of and M. triloba. These facts might tempt oneto believe that their development was in some way associatedwith the activities of the ants, were it not that they areindisputably formed on uninhabited, as well as on inhabited,individuals of the species which possess them. The non-myrmecophiious members of the genus megaphylla, M. tanaria, M. recnrvata
. The Gardens' bulletin; Straits Settlements . *a mm ? 65 a given species. I have never yet discovered ant food-bodieson the leaves of M. triloba, nor any on the lower stipulessurface of M. Hosei, nor any on the upper surface of and M. triloba. These facts might tempt oneto believe that their development was in some way associatedwith the activities of the ants, were it not that they areindisputably formed on uninhabited, as well as on inhabited,individuals of the species which possess them. The non-myrmecophiious members of the genus megaphylla, M. tanaria, M. recnrvata etc., have no food-bodies, nor are their stems fistular. In M. recurvata, , M. hypoleuca, M. Hosei, M. Griffithiana and the leaf veins terminate in cylindrical or club-shapednectaries (Plate XIII, fig. 4) which are best developed inM. hypoleuca (Plate XI, fig. 5). These are functional inthe young state and secrete drops of a clean sticky fluidwhich, curiously enough, is never touched by the ants,though nectaries on most pl
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