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the style being bent upwards the visitor first comes into contact with the stigmatic 

 papillae. Later on the style straightens out, so that it applies itself to the under-side 

 of the corolla. On creeping further into the flower, the insect is covered with fresh 

 pollen, which it can no longer transfer to the stigma of the same flower. Morren, 

 nevertheless, considered the flower mechanism self-pollinating, because he thought 

 that the pollen falling on the corolla could reach the stigma. 



694. Jacobinia Moric. 

 2209. J. pohliana Benth. (= Cyrtanthera pohliana Nees). 

 the flowers of this species as feebly protandrous. 



-Stadler describes 



Fig. 325. Globularta, Tourn. (after Herm. Mttller). A-F. Globularia vulgaris^ L. A. Flower 

 of which all four anthers have dehisced, seen from above. B. Corolla of do., flattened out (x 7). 

 C. Ovary and nectary. D. End of the style from a flower in which the longer stamens have dehisced. 

 E, F. Further development of do., after dehiscence of all four stamens (x 35). G-J- Globularia 



cordifolia, L. G. Bud, after removal of calyx, seen from above. H. Flower seen from above. 

 J. Older do., after removal of the calyx, seen from the side ( x 7). K. Globularia nudicaulis, L. 



Flower seen from above ( x 7). a, anthers ; ca, calyx ; co, corolla-tube ; gr, style ; , nectary ; ov, ovary ; 

 p, upper lobes of corolla ; s, calyx-teeth ; s(, stigma. 



LXXX. ORDER ^-^Z^G/iV^"^^ DC. 



695. Globularia Toum. 



Blue Lepidopterid flowers. Numerous florets are aggregated into a rounded 

 head. They secrete nectar from the fleshy base of the ovary and store it in the 

 corolla-tube, this being, however, so narrow that the nectar is only accessible to the 

 thin proboscis of Lepidoptera. Each corolla-tube is divided into five linear lobes, 

 two shorter upper and three longer lower ones. Between these two shorter upper 

 and two longer lower stamens are placed. When these diverge and are widely 



