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the pollen there. The pollen of the short styled flower 

 A has been brought to the stigma of the long styled 

 one B, and the like transfer is made as the bee goes 

 on from B to A. 



In Fig. in you can see a 

 picture of a flower which 

 shows another instance 

 of insect pollination, and 

 which has been interest- 

 ingly described by Dr. Prantl 

 and others. Notice how the 

 lobes of the stigma (n) in the 

 flower marked B are turned 

 down over the anthers (a) ; 

 and that the tube of the 

 corolla has many hairs in it. 

 As they all point downwards 

 they do not hinder an insect 

 from crawling down the tube ; 

 r<n but when it has got the 

 honey from the bottom of 

 thetube andwantstocomeout 



Fig. in. Flowers of Anstolo- 



chia. B before, C after pollina- again, the hairs then bar the 



tion, r tube of perianth, 



stigma, a anthers, i an insect, way. But the visit of the in- 



lowest portion, ovary with ovules. sect> and j ts efforts to 



are of great service to the flower in exchange for its 

 honey. Pollen which it has brought on its body from 

 some other flower of the same kind, will stick to the 

 stigma, and the lobes of the stigma will turn upwards ; 

 and some of the pollen from the anthers below 



