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WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



" one can usually find a contented fly seeking 

 shelter or food. Close to the ground it is warm 

 and less windy. When the cup first opens, only 

 the stigmas are mature and sticky to receive any 



WILD GINGER 



pollen the visitors may bring on their bodies from 

 other asylums where they have been hiding. 

 These stigmas presently withering, up rise the 

 twelve stamens beside them to dust with pollen 

 the flies coming in search of it. Only one flower 



