182 WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION 



Dispersal ~by the Wind. 



By Pappus. Some fruits have silky hairs 

 attached to them. (117) 



By Awns. Others have feathery awns. 

 When rejeased they sail on the wind and are 

 frequently carried and dropped far from the 

 parent plant. (118) 



Some fruits are very small, light, and flat, 

 and these are easily swept along by the wind. 



Winged fruits. Others have wings that act 

 as sails and carry them far from where they 

 grew. (119, A and B) 



Dispersal ~by Animals. 



Hooks, hairs, pricldes. Some fruits are 

 covered with hooks or prickly hairs, which 

 easily attach themselves to the feathers of birds 

 or to the hairy bodies of cows, horses, rabbits, 

 rats, and other animals that brush past the 

 plants. (120, A and B) 



Glowing color and juicy pulp. Some fruits 

 are conspicuously colored to attract birds, who 

 eagerly devour the attractive pericarp ; but as 

 the seeds are too hard to be digested, these 



