The Turple-Fringed and the Ragged Orchid 



the tongue (B) removes the pollen from its pouch. 

 At C it is seen entirely free and upright, from which 

 position it quickly assumes the new attitude shown 

 at D. As the tongue is now inserted into the sub- 

 sequent blossom, this pollen mass is thrust against 

 the stigma (E), and a few of the pollen grains are 



Fig. 



thus withheld upon its viscid surface as the insect 

 departs (F). 



Another similar device for assuring the necessary 

 side approach is seen in the tubercled or small 

 pale green orchis, H. flava (Fig. 5), a yellowish 

 spiked species, more or less common in swamps and 

 rich alluvial haunts. 



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