. Flower ecology. Plant ecology; Fertilization of plants. 102 eaten by the insect visitors. No other signs of nectar are to be ; "Sometimes one will fine a dead bumble bee in the Moc- casin flower. It has gone in through the large opening of the iabellum, lias been unable to escape the way it came, and crawling upward, becomes imprisoned beneath the stigma, where it finally ; Greater Green Orchis {Hahenaria orhiculata).—Dr. Gray gives the following account of the pollination in this si)ecies: The three external parts of the perianth, the sepals, are -much broader than
. Flower ecology. Plant ecology; Fertilization of plants. 102 eaten by the insect visitors. No other signs of nectar are to be ; "Sometimes one will fine a dead bumble bee in the Moc- casin flower. It has gone in through the large opening of the iabellum, lias been unable to escape the way it came, and crawling upward, becomes imprisoned beneath the stigma, where it finally ; Greater Green Orchis {Hahenaria orhiculata).—Dr. Gray gives the following account of the pollination in this si)ecies: The three external parts of the perianth, the sepals, are -much broader than the three internal, the petals. The. FIG. 41. Fig. 41. Hawk moth iSv^vnix drwpiferarum) v/itii twopollinia, one attached to each eye from HaboimicKoMctJiata, as it comes from the flower. The long tougue partially uncoiled. The figure to the right shows the deflexed pollinia and the coiled tongue in the center. (AfterGray.) base of the long and narrow petal is turned downward and hollowed out into a long tube, which is closed at the bottom and open at the top. This is the spur or nectary, and con- tains the nectar which is secreted in it. The single anther and stigma are united and lie just beyond the opening of the nectary. The anther cells open by a long chink, approach-. 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 Pammel, Louis Herman, 1862-1931. [n. p. ] Press of J. B. Hungerford
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