. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Pollination and Fertilization 163 tipped with yellow. The sugar bird sets free the arched style oi Frotea, which scatters the pollen before the stigma is ripe. AVhen other flowers are closed for the season, the blue sage {Salvia) may be depended upon to offer refreshments to visit- ing bees. Down by the four-parted ovary there is a little yellow gland where honey is made. At the entrance of the flower a "rocking chair " is invitingly placed, made of the two swinging stamens. One pollen chamber of each stamen has been sacrificed
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Pollination and Fertilization 163 tipped with yellow. The sugar bird sets free the arched style oi Frotea, which scatters the pollen before the stigma is ripe. AVhen other flowers are closed for the season, the blue sage {Salvia) may be depended upon to offer refreshments to visit- ing bees. Down by the four-parted ovary there is a little yellow gland where honey is made. At the entrance of the flower a "rocking chair " is invitingly placed, made of the two swinging stamens. One pollen chamber of each stamen has been sacrificed to make the " seat " of the chair. As soon as the bee touches this, the upper locules bend down and dust the bee's back with pollen just along its hairy belt. The bee then passes on to other sage blossoms. In some of these, stigmas. 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 Stoneman, Bertha. London, New York, Longmans, Green
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