The Homely Figwort Attractive to Mistress IVasp 

 shown at Fig. 3, and thus, one by one, the flowers 

 are cross-fertiHzed. 



The stigma, after receiving 

 pollen, immediately bends 

 downward and backward, as 

 shown in B\ to give place 

 to the ripening anthers, and 

 shortly after the last pair of 

 them have shed their pol- 

 len, the blossom, having 

 then fulfilled its functions, 

 falls off, as shown at D. 

 This may be on the after- 

 noon of the third day, or ^''''- ^■ 



not until the fourth. If not visited 

 by insects, it may chance to remain 

 the longer time ; but more than one 

 tiny wasp gets his head into such a 

 blossom, and is surprised with a 

 ) tumble, his weight pulling the blos- 

 som from its attachment. 



The result of that pollen upon the 



stigma is quickly seen in the growing 



ovary or pod, which enlarges rapidly 



on the few succeeding days, as in E. 



Many species of hornets and wasps, large and 



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