blossom Hosts and Insect Guests 



plantain, Goody ei^a, its prostrate rosettes of exqui- 

 sitely white reticulated leaves carpeting many a nook 

 in the shadows of the hemlocks, its dense spikes of 

 yellowish-white blossoms signalling their welcome to 

 the bees, and fully compensating in interest what 

 they may lack in other attractive attributes. 



anther-lid 



membrane 



c 



Fig. 4. 



The single flower is shown enlarged in Fig. 3, 

 A, a young blossom, with analyses B and C, the 

 latter indexed ; D, an older blossom, with similar 

 analyses E and F. Both sorts are to be found 

 upon every spike of bloom, as the inflorescence be- 

 gins at the base and proceeds upward. As we look 



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