Archive image from page 319 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( 292 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. thus in mass charm the artist, one can stir emotion in the breast of the true naturalist. Let us examine the Erica Tetralix (the cross-leaved heath), which, though less helpful to the bee than the common ling {Erica vulgaris, or Calluna), is very similar to it in structure. This species, during July and August, in t
Archive image from page 319 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( 292 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. thus in mass charm the artist, one can stir emotion in the breast of the true naturalist. Let us examine the Erica Tetralix (the cross-leaved heath), which, though less helpful to the bee than the common ling {Erica vulgaris, or Calluna), is very similar to it in structure. This species, during July and August, in the southern parts of England, produces abundance of drooping, wax-like flowers, nearly white at the Fig. 59.—Flower and Details ok Erica Tetralix (Cross-leayed Heath), Order Ericaeece. A, Section of Blossom (Magnified Five times)—a, a, Anthers ; ap, ap, Appendages of Anthers ; /, /, Filaments ; 0, Ovary ; s, Stigma ; /;, Sticky Hairs. B, Anther— f, Filament; ap', Part of Appendage of Anther ; p, Pore of Anther, with Pollen Grains Escaping. C, Blossom (Natural Size). D, Fragment of the Calyx (Magnified Twenty-five times)—6, b, Simple Hairs ; gli, Glandular Hairs ; ,17, g, Glands surrounded by Secretion. base, and delicately shaded with a rich pink. It is certainly the most beautiful of our common indi- genous heaths, and grows freely on moist, mossy ground and bogland throughout the kingdom. Open- ing the bell, which sways in the wind mouth down- wards, we find a straight, pinkish style, terminated by the stigma (s, A, Fig. 59), hanging in the centre
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