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II.OWKRS ()!• LAKES, RIVERS, ETC. 



style. Aflrr ilu' lower paijilhi- cmcp^c from the c\liiulrr and the root 

 of the corolla they spread so far apart that an insect must touch them 

 in visitino; the flower. If sufficient insects ha\-e visited them to clear 

 the pollen away before the stigmas are exposed or receptive, the plant 

 is cross-pollinated, hut if pollen is left when the stigmas are exposed an 

 insect may self-pollinate it. Even if no insects \ isit it cross-pollina- 



Hahit and Habitat Flowkkhkad (.Nat. Size) 



HiiMI' Ac'.KIMONV (Eufialnrittm aiiiiinbiiiiiiii, I,.) 



i .i.-w. .\ialsoji 



tion ma\' follow, st\les and stamens of neighbourin;^' llorets coming' in 

 contact. It is visited by Apis, Bombiis, Eristalis, Echinomyia, Dexia, 

 Lucilia, Pieris rapcr, Thecla qiicin/s, Lvca-iia. sp. ; Peacock [Vanessa 

 lo), Silver- washed I'^ritillary {.Irj^viiuis pap/iia). Marbled White 

 {Melanaroia galatca). Speckled W'ood {Para!-QC cgci'ia), Ifcspcria, sp.; 

 and a Neuropterous insect, Panorpa. 



The achcMies are pro\-i(le(l with a pappus, and the hniit is angled 

 and adapted for wind dispersal. 



Hemp Agrimony is a semi-aquatic plant, which is partly a humus- 

 or peat-loving plant, and requires humus, and partly a clay-loving 



