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creeping over the cone quickly dislodge it. In 

 the next stage the anthers have withered, the 

 flower -tube elongated, and the top of the two- 

 parted pistil begins to protrude, and at length ex- 

 pands its tips, disclosing at the centre the stig- 

 matic surface, which has until now been protected 

 by close contact. (See section.) 



A glance at Fig. 1 1 will reveal the plan in- 



Fig. ii 



volved. The ring of pollen is inevitably scattered 

 to the stigmas of the neighboring flowers, and 

 cross - fertilization continually insured. Similar 

 contrivances are to be found in most of the Com- 

 positae, through the same method being variously 

 applied. 



Perhaps even more remarkable than any of the 



