. Hermaphrodite. Females. Thymus vulgaris (magnified). female, though small, were well formed, but they con- tained very little pollen, and not a single sound grain could be detected. Eighteen seedlings were raised from purchased seed, sown in the same small bed; and these consisted of seven hermaphrodites and eleven females. They were left freely exposed to the visits of bees, and no doubt every female flower was fertilised; for on placing under the micro- scope a large number of stigmas from female plants,

---

Size: 3225px × 1550px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookpublishernewyorkdappletonan