. Elementary botany [microform]. Botany; Botanique. as. Figs. I3T, of Monkshood : <^^=bract ; ^r=prophylIs, fmol'^slhlP ^l "' °'^r P°"^". ^PP^^^^ t° ^e thus rendered Kd^f hnJrr"'"'T ^l ^^^0"^Pli«hed exclusively by flit V ^""^'^'e-bees. As the humble-bee alights on the flower, It uses the two lateral sepals as a platfo m and the consequence is that the lower surface of the bee'sSdv comes into contact with the anthers and stigmas. In freshlyCned flowers It IS the anthers against which the insect strikes ^Tu^ m older flowers the stamens have

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. Elementary botany [microform]. Botany; Botanique. as. Figs. I3T, of Monkshood : <^^=bract ; ^r=prophylIs, fmol'^slhlP ^l "' °'^r P°"^". ^PP^^^^ t° ^e thus rendered Kd^f hnJrr"'"'T ^l ^^^0"^Pli«hed exclusively by flit V ^""^'^'e-bees. As the humble-bee alights on the flower, It uses the two lateral sepals as a platfo m and the consequence is that the lower surface of the bee'sSdv comes into contact with the anthers and stigmas. In freshlyCned flowers It IS the anthers against which the insect strikes ^Tu^ m older flowers the stamens have bent back, and the sdgmas b e atT Tl "ff' '^^'^^ ^'^ ^°"^^ ^"^^-^ °f the body oTthe bte at precisely the same spot as do the anthers in a younger. 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 Groom, Percy, 1865-1931; Penhallow, D. P. (David Pearce), 1854-1910. A manual of the more common herbaceous plants of Quebec and Ontario; Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Elements of botany. Toronto : Copp, Clark

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