IBlossom Hosts and Insect Guests 



of these stamens, clap/ they come one after 

 another against his tongue and face, and there 

 deposit their load of pollen (B). The bee, who has 

 doubtless got over his surprise at this demonstra- 

 tion — if, indeed, he ever had any — now iiies to 

 another blossom, perhaps on the same cluster (C). 

 Entering it as before, the notched edge of the stig- 

 matic rim comes in contact with the pollen on his 

 tongue and face, and the flower is thus fertilized by 

 pollen from another barberry blossom, the inten- 

 tion of the flower now perfectly realized in cross- 

 fertilization. 



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