. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. 252 ANGIOSPERMAE—DICOTYLEDONES second stage, the stamens are withered and curve downwards, and the mature stigma is situated in the mouth of the flower. Automatic self-pollination is therefore excluded. The reduction of the second pair of stamens is (according to Hermann Miiller) simply a result of the smallness of the flower. All four stamens are frequently reduced. The female flowers are often only ^i mm. long. They are sometimes to be found on separate st
. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. 252 ANGIOSPERMAE—DICOTYLEDONES second stage, the stamens are withered and curve downwards, and the mature stigma is situated in the mouth of the flower. Automatic self-pollination is therefore excluded. The reduction of the second pair of stamens is (according to Hermann Miiller) simply a result of the smallness of the flower. All four stamens are frequently reduced. The female flowers are often only ^i mm. long. They are sometimes to be found on separate stocks, sometimes on those also bearing hermaphrodite flowers. The purely or largely female stocks are vegetatively stronger than those which are entirely or mainly 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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