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THE SHOWY ORCHIS, 



FIG. LXL Orchis spectSbilis : 2, a flower ; I, the lip ; s, the spur ; o, the twisted 

 ovary ; 3, the column (enlarged) ; 6, the place of the sticky glands at the ends of the 

 stalks of the pollinia, which are seen partly extracted from the anther cells ; a, the 

 stigmatic surface ; 4, a pollinium (pollen mass) adhering to the finger, at first erect, 

 soon declined as when attached to a moth's head, in order to be thrust in the face of 

 the stigma. 



