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THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 



The Dandelion is visited by a great variety of insects 

 which are able to obtain both pollen and honey very readily. 

 Its flowering-period is a long one, but if the flowers are 

 out too early or too late for insect-visits self-pollination 

 is possible. 



Flowers of the Potato and the Woody Nightshade or 



Fig. 125. i, Woody Nightshade ; 2, vertical section 

 of flower ; 3, stamen ; p, pore. 



Bittersweet agree with Composite flowers in one respect, 

 viz. the anthers are joined to form a tube (syngenesious). 



The Woody Nightshade (Fig. 125) is frequent in hedge- 

 rows and is a lax climber. The flowers (Fig. 125, 2) are 

 small and in irregularly-branched inflorescences called 

 panicles. The calyx of each flower has five united sepals ; 

 the corolla has five purple, united petals, upon which are 



