. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. 88 A NATURALISTS WANDERINGS none, it continues to rotate through about 70° more, till it comes into contact with the face of the column, that is with the stigmatic cavity, which is very large, broad and full of viscid matter (Fig. 6). The whole surface of the lower four pollinia come into contact with the viscid matter and sink well into it, while the viscid matter finds its way gradually about all of the pollinia. The inner members of the upper row of pollinia some
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. 88 A NATURALISTS WANDERINGS none, it continues to rotate through about 70° more, till it comes into contact with the face of the column, that is with the stigmatic cavity, which is very large, broad and full of viscid matter (Fig. 6). The whole surface of the lower four pollinia come into contact with the viscid matter and sink well into it, while the viscid matter finds its way gradually about all of the pollinia. The inner members of the upper row of pollinia sometimes escape this inundation, but it seems of little avail to the plant for its cross-fertilisation, for they remain throughout covered by the anther-cap. The tips of the caudicles, how- ever, remain in most cases unaffected throughout, but I have found it difficult to remove any of their pollen grains. The inundated pollinia have no obstacles to bar the way of their tubes to the ovary. On clearing out with a blunt instrument. 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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