. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. CAPRIFOLIACE^ 221 perhaps connected with the tender delicate texture of the leaves, and especially of the young leaves, which afford a tempting food to many caterpillars and other insects. The ants and wasps which are attracted by the honey tend to keep them down, and thus to serve as a bodyguard. Indeed, it has appeared to me that on specimens of V. Opnlus which are much frequented by wasps and ants the leaves are less eaten than in other cases where they are not so protected. It is said to emit a peculiar odour i
. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. CAPRIFOLIACE^ 221 perhaps connected with the tender delicate texture of the leaves, and especially of the young leaves, which afford a tempting food to many caterpillars and other insects. The ants and wasps which are attracted by the honey tend to keep them down, and thus to serve as a bodyguard. Indeed, it has appeared to me that on specimens of V. Opnlus which are much frequented by wasps and ants the leaves are less eaten than in other cases where they are not so protected. It is said to emit a peculiar odour in the evening.^ V. Lantana (Wayfar- ing Tree) (Fig. 147).—In addition to the differences from V. Opnlus already mentioned, the flowers of V Lantana are all com- plete, the peripheral flowers. -Vibwrnum Lantana. Slioot, Fig, 147. with tlower and young and ripe fruit. are not much larger than the others, the quantity of honey is less, and according to Schulz the flowers are protogynous. LONICERA Honey is secreted at the surface of, or in a cup at, the base of the corolla tube. L. Periclymenum (Honeysuckle).—The first flowers expand, and become strongly scented about seven o'clock in the evening, and by eight most of them are open. The buds stand more or less perpendicularly. The tube is rather more than an inch in length, so that the honey is only accessible to Lepidoptera. Soon after opening the flowers turn downwards and become horizontal. The flowers are homogamous, but in the first state of the ^ Rev. H. Friend, in Science Gossip, Sept. 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 Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. London, New York, Macmillan and Co. , Ltd.
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