The Flower 147 



much the same position as the pistil was before, while 

 the pistil has now withered away. You see that in 

 either the laburnum or the horse-chestnut it is impos- 



Fig. 74. Honeysuckle flowers, showing the long tubes adapted to 

 fertilisation by moths. 



sible for self-fertilisation to take place. A large number 

 of flowers belong to one of these two classes. 



Other flowers show either hinged stamens which 

 when touched at the bottom move round and brush 



102 



