. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. VALERIANAE 553 Visitors.—Herm. Miiller observed 17 Diptera, a beetle, a bee, and 3 Lepi- doptera. 1276. V. cordifolia Hoeck (=Phyllaclis cordifolia Wedd.).—Ricca describes this species as markedly protandrous (Atti Soc. ital. sc. nat., Milano, xiv, 1871). 1277. V. capitata Pall.—Ekstam says that the flowers of this species are 5-8 mm. in diameter in Nova Zemlia. They smell like heliotrope, and are either markedly protandrous or homogamous. Visitors.—These ar
. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. VALERIANAE 553 Visitors.—Herm. Miiller observed 17 Diptera, a beetle, a bee, and 3 Lepi- doptera. 1276. V. cordifolia Hoeck (=Phyllaclis cordifolia Wedd.).—Ricca describes this species as markedly protandrous (Atti Soc. ital. sc. nat., Milano, xiv, 1871). 1277. V. capitata Pall.—Ekstam says that the flowers of this species are 5-8 mm. in diameter in Nova Zemlia. They smell like heliotrope, and are either markedly protandrous or homogamous. Visitors.—These are flies, including Sarcophaga atriceps Zell. 1278. V. exaltata Mik.— Visitors.—Loew observed the Muscid Cynom}ia mortuorum L. in the Berlin Botanic Garden.—. Fig. 186. Valeriana tripteris, L. (after Herm. Muller). A. Female flower with small corolla X 7). A Stigma of ditto (X 80). C Male flower with large corolla ( x 7). £). Ditto in longitudinal section; ovary and calyx left out (X 7). a, anther; ca, calyx; gi\ style; n, nectary; ov, ovary; sd^ nectar-cover; st^ stigma. 1279. v. alliariaefolia Vahl.— Visitors.—Loew observed the following in the Berlin Botanic Garden.— A. Coleoptera. Scarabaeidae: i. Cetonia aurata L., dvg. the flowers. B. Diptera. (a) Muscidae: 2. Echinomyia fera L. (b) Syrphidae: 3. Eristalis tenax L. C. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 4. Bombus terrester Z. $, skg. 1280. V. asarifolia Dufr.— Visitors.—Loew observed the following in the Berlin Botanic Garden.— A. Diptera. (a) Muscidae: i. Scatophaga merdaria F. (3) Syrphidae: 2. Syritta pipiens L. B. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 3. Andrena sp. $, skg. and. 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 Knuth, Paul, 1854-1899; Knuth, Paul, 1854-1899; Mu?ller, Hermann, 1829-1883; Ainsworth Davis, J. R. (James Richard), 1861-1934. Ox
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