THE FLOWER AND THE BEE 



of the dead-nettle (Lamium album) is large, white or sometimes 

 rose-colored, with the under lip pale yellow, marked with olive- 

 colored dots; while the flowers of the hemp-nettle (Galeopsis 



Fig. 34. Foxglove. Digitalis purpurea 

 A bumblebee-flower, with the corolla spotted on the lower inner side 



Tetrahit), so common in waste places, is purple, with a path- 

 finder on the lower lip of a yellow spot crossed by a network 

 of red lines. 



The marvellous adaptations of flowers for effecting pollina- 

 tion, both by their variety and ingenuity, fill us with astonish- 

 ment, and occasionally they surpass the bounds of the wildest 

 imagination. The opening, maturity, and fading of the flower, 

 the various movements of its organs, the allurements of color, 

 odor, and nectar, and the behavior of the insect guests, which 



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