. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. 20 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST purple veins which forms a fairly regular pattern on the upper surface of the flower. Practically all the members of the genus Aristolochia have flowers similar in shape to those of Aristolochia gigas. There is great variety, to be sure, in the shape of the corolla border and the curved corolla tube, but in all, a general and fundamental resemblance may be seen. This is accounted for by the fact that the flowers are all pol-. The Pelican plant (Aristolochia gi^as). (Courtesy of Gardeners' Chronicl
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. 20 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST purple veins which forms a fairly regular pattern on the upper surface of the flower. Practically all the members of the genus Aristolochia have flowers similar in shape to those of Aristolochia gigas. There is great variety, to be sure, in the shape of the corolla border and the curved corolla tube, but in all, a general and fundamental resemblance may be seen. This is accounted for by the fact that the flowers are all pol-. The Pelican plant (Aristolochia gi^as). (Courtesy of Gardeners' Chronicle.) linated in much the same way and that the peculiar form is necessary to carry out the designs of the plant. The whole process of pollination is very curious and is performed for the most part by small insects. To attract these, the flowers have a strong and, to us, usually disagreeable odor, though it seems to be agreeable enough to the insects which visit them in large numbers. The odor of the species illustrated is said by some to resemble that of old tobacco, while others report it as. 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 Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. Clute & Co.
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