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140. To the fact that anemophilous flowers are inconspicuous 

 must be added the evidently related facts that such flowers are 



Fig. 30. — The inflorescence of Polygala. The flowers are clustered in the axils 

 of the whorls of leaf-like bracts. These bracts are violet colored and render the 

 inflorescence very conspicuous. 



also devoid of odor and secrete no honey. These facts become 

 significant when we learn further that all flowers which are 

 conspicuous because of the color of the corolla or other parts, 



