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they are figured. These flowers are fertil- 

 ized in much the same manner as those of 

 the figwort. The stamens and pistils ma- 



Fig. 71. 



ture simultaneously. An insect in visiting 

 A would brush off pollen on the long style, 

 and as it reached into the flower would have 

 pollen dusted upon its head from the short 

 stamens. The insect visits B^ and, by reach- 

 ing into the flower, brushes some of the pol- 

 len from its head on to the short style, while 

 the long stamens unload some of their pollen 

 on the insect's body, to be applied to the 

 next long style which it visits. In this man- 

 ner the pollen from short stamens usually 

 fertilizes short pistils, and the pollen from 



