. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD AND FIG. MULLEIN. LXXVIII., 1). The flowers are closely .»ot in long spikes (Fig. 2), which look incomplete, because few blossom at a time. But the individual flowers are very pretty. Each is furnished with a five-part- ed calyx, and a yellow, wheel-shaped cor- olla, with five rounded lobes almost equal in size. Five stamens are present, two long, with few or no hairs upon the tila- mente (Fig. LXXVIII., 3). The single pi^- 111 has a long sty
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD AND FIG. MULLEIN. LXXVIII., 1). The flowers are closely .»ot in long spikes (Fig. 2), which look incomplete, because few blossom at a time. But the individual flowers are very pretty. Each is furnished with a five-part- ed calyx, and a yellow, wheel-shaped cor- olla, with five rounded lobes almost equal in size. Five stamens are present, two long, with few or no hairs upon the tila- mente (Fig. LXXVIII., 3). The single pi^- 111 has a long style fl a ttenod a t the tip, a:n<l a two-celled ovary in which speeds are attache^l to a axis (Fig. LXXVIII., 4). Cras^-poHui- ation is generally effected by bees. 'Ihc longer stamens furnish a resting-place for the 'icli »liiig-i to tlip wool ot the short- er filaments, and gathers the ot tlio tliiet! uiiper Ill iiif ] roeess, puiieri fmni the two longer anthers ia rubbed upon the under surface of the insect in such a position as to touch the stigma of the next I floTTCT upon which the bee alights. The i pretty moth-mullein has become naturalized j in Ontario. BurroughR ^ays: "Of beautitui I weeds quite a list might ue made without including any of the so-called wild flowers. I A favourite of mine is the little moth- [ mullein, that blooms along the highway. I and about the fields, and may be upon tjic I edge of the ; It certainly is a charm- ing plant. The slender stem, with green, I smoothish leaves, ends in a loose cluster of I yellow or white flowers, marked with pur- â plish brown, and the filaments are thicklv ! united with violet hairs. The ! mulieins are the least modified of the figwort family, and perhaps may be re-. 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 rese
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