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turn down and the stigma rises in their place. Thus an insect would 
on the first night become covered with pollen, and on the second touch 
the stigma. Meantime the tube becomes arched and the under and 
upper lip roll up, and the flower turns yellow, a feature noticeable 
in Forget-me-not, &c. The white flowers with pollen are visited first, 
later the yellow. Still later the flower becomes darker orange, rolls up 
and loses its scent. There is abundant pollen, but humble bees cannot 
obtain the honey. 
Honeysuckle is pollinated by Hawk-moths, Convolvulus Hawk- 
ae WS ‘ ) 
HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera Periclymenum, L.) 
Photo. B. Hanley 
moth (Sphznx convolvul), Privet Hawk-moth (S. Zgustr7), S. pinastrt, 
Elephant Hawk-moth (Dezlephila elpenor), Small Elephant Hawk-moth 
(D. porcellus), Lime Hawk-moth (Smevrvinthus tilie), Shark (Dianthecia 
capsincola), Lychnis (Cucalha umbratica), Silver Y (Plusta gamma), 
Puss Moth (Dasychira pudibunda). When no insects visit the flower 
it may be self-pollinated. 
The fruit is edible and the seeds are dispersed by animals, chiefly 
birds, e.g. the Blackbird and Thrush. 
Honeysuckle is strictly sylvan in habitat, and is found where humus 
abounds on various soils, being prevalent on clay soils or a sandy 
loam, and is practically a clay-loving plant. 
