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interesting ; the large outer florets contain no 

 organs of reproduction, but still they are brightly 

 coloured and highly attractive to bees ; the inner 

 florets with their protruding stigmas and anthers, 

 are much smaller ; they are the seed-bearers, and 



CORN BLUE-BOTTLK. 



cannot fail to receive pollination when the bee 

 alights on the flower-head, allured by the showy 

 outer florets, which apparently exist solely that 

 they may draw insects to visit the unattractive 

 flowers of the disc. 



The direct influence of the separate parts of a 



