. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 128 THE 8T0RY OP THPJ PLANTS. this spur contains abundant honey. The poUon- rnassos are neatly lodged in two little sacks or pockets near the stigma, and are so placed that their lower ends come against the bee's head as he sucks the honey. These lower ends (r) are gummy or viscid, and if you press a tjtraw or the point of a pencil against them, the pollen- nxasses gum themselves to it naturally, and comb readily out of their sacks as you withdraw the pencil (Fig. 23). In the same way, when. no. 23.—POLLEN-MABSE8 OF AN ORCHID, WITH- muWN ON A PENCIL
. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 128 THE 8T0RY OP THPJ PLANTS. this spur contains abundant honey. The poUon- rnassos are neatly lodged in two little sacks or pockets near the stigma, and are so placed that their lower ends come against the bee's head as he sucks the honey. These lower ends (r) are gummy or viscid, and if you press a tjtraw or the point of a pencil against them, the pollen- nxasses gum themselves to it naturally, and comb readily out of their sacks as you withdraw the pencil (Fig. 23). In the same way, when. no. 23.—POLLEN-MABSE8 OF AN ORCHID, WITH- muWN ON A PENCIL. In I, they have just been removed. In II, they have dried and moved forward. the bee presses them with his head, the poUen- masses stick to it, and he carries them away with him as he leaves the flower. Just at first, the pollen-masses stand erect on his forehead; but as nies through the air, they dry and contract, so that they come to incline forward and out- ward By the time he reaches another plant they have assumed such a position that they are wrought into contact with the stigma -s he sucks the honey. But the stigma is gummy too. and makes the poUen adhere to it, and in this. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Hodder and Stoughton
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