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cross-pollination. But sclf-pollinatiiju may occur as pollen may fall 

 from the- anthers on the stigma, and insrcts may cause this, owiny" to 

 the crowiliiiL; ol tin- llowers, tlu' stamens of one llowcr IxMulinL^' over 

 another may also lead to t-ross- pollination. Tlu- llowrrs ma\' also he 

 homoo-amous, in which case si'lt-[)ollinaiion will usually occur. 



In the Meadow-sweet the truit is a collection of follicles, with i -ceiled 

 carpels. The fruit splits open, allowing the seeds, which are few, to 

 be jerked or blown out 

 around the p.uviu plant. 



As it requires a clay 

 soil, or a sandy loam in 

 other cases, this plant is 

 more or less a clay-lover. 



The foliage is dis- 

 torted by Triphragmiuiii 

 itlniaria:, and a fungus, 

 Sphcrrotheca /mmttli\ lives 

 on it, while it is galled 

 by Cccidomyia tihiiaritc. 



The beetles Jschno- 

 mcra nic/aiiura, Asclcra 

 C(cntlca, a Hymenopterous 

 insect Blaiiocainpa iingui- 

 culata, the Homopterous 

 Eiipteryx signatipcnnis, 

 the Heteroptera LygKs 

 /monim, L. spiiio/ia, and 

 the beetles Ccrciis pcdi- 

 culariiis, C. bipiislnlatiis, 

 Galeriica tenclla feed on it. 



St>ir(ca, Thcophrastus, 

 from spcira, cord, is the Greek name from its i\\ isted seeds, and Ulmaria, 

 Dodonceus, is from Ulnius. elm, from the clm-like foliage. It is called 

 Bittersweet, Bridewort. Courtship-and-malrimony, (boat's Beard, Ilarit, 

 Honey-sweet, Maid -of- the- Meadow, Maid-sweet, Meadow-soot, 

 Meadow-sweet, My Lady's Belt, Oueen-of-the- Meadow, Sweet Hay. 



Oueen-of-the-Meadow is a translation of the old name Rcgiiia 

 prati. Bridewort is from its resemblance to the white feathers worn 

 by brides; and it was used for strewing houses at wedding festivals: 



Amongst these strewing kinds some otliur wild that grow, 



As bumet, all abroad and nieadowwort they throw. — Drayton. 



.^n■;.\l)()\v-s\v^;ET |.S/>m«( C'iiimria, L. | in Kijjwkr 



