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protrudes beneath the blossom's throat, and the 

 expectant seed - pod above welcomes the good 

 tidings with visions of fruition. 



And how beautiful is the minute mechanical 

 adaptation by which this end is accomplished ! 



This species of Andromeda is a shrub of about 

 four feet in height, its blossoms being borne in 

 close panicled clusters at the summit of the 

 branches. The individual flower is hardly more 

 than an eighth of an inch in diameter. From 

 one of three blossoms I made the accompanying 

 series of three sectional drawings (Fig. 6). The 

 first shows the remarkable interior arrangement 

 of the ten stamens surrounding the pistil. The 



