. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. RANUNCULACEAE 35 In Dumfriesshire (Scott-Elliot, 'Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 6) there were observed—Apis, one humble-bee, hover-flies, Muscidae, and one of the micro- Lepidoptera. Burkill (' Fertilisation of Spring Flowers') noticed the following on the coast of Yorkshire.— A. Coleoptera. Nilidulidae : i. Meligethes picipes Sturm, one instance, skg. B. Diptera. {a) Muscidae: 2. Scatophaga stercoraria Z., skg. with difficulty. (V) Syrphidae: 3. Syrphus sp.,
. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. RANUNCULACEAE 35 In Dumfriesshire (Scott-Elliot, 'Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 6) there were observed—Apis, one humble-bee, hover-flies, Muscidae, and one of the micro- Lepidoptera. Burkill (' Fertilisation of Spring Flowers') noticed the following on the coast of Yorkshire.— A. Coleoptera. Nilidulidae : i. Meligethes picipes Sturm, one instance, skg. B. Diptera. {a) Muscidae: 2. Scatophaga stercoraria Z., skg. with difficulty. (V) Syrphidae: 3. Syrphus sp., one instance, po-dvg. C. Hemiptera. 4. Deraeo- coris sp. D. Hymenoptera. Apidae : 5. Apis mellifica L., one instance, po-cltg. 13. TroUius L. Flowers mostly homogamous with concealed nectar. The large bright yellow sepals are folded together into a sphere, and serve as the means of attraction. They enclose the small linear petals, each of which possesses an uncovered nectar-pit at its base. 76. T. europaeus L. (Herm. Miiller, ' Alpenblumen,' pp. 136-7 ; Ricca, 'Oss. suUa fecondaz. incroc. d. veget. alp. e subalp.'; Beyer, 'D. spont. Bewegungen. r. 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. Oxford : Clarendon Press
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