DICOTYLEDONS : METACHLAMYDEAE 25 r 



later to violet and blue. The flowers are visited by flies, 

 bees, and moths, and the honey is protected by the narrow 

 tube and overhanging scales or hairs. 



Borage and Comfrey are typical bee-flowers. They are 



Fig. 171. Floral Diagram of 

 Forget-me-not. 



Fig. 170. Forget-me-not. 1, in- 

 florescence; 2, pistil ; 3, vertical section 

 of flower ; co, corona. 



pendulous, and the cone of stamens showers pollen on the 

 head of the visiting bee in a manner similar to that of the 

 Heaths. The Lungworts have dimorphic flowers, with 

 long and short styles, as in the Primrose, and the corolla- 



