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BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 163 ya 
7 
a. 
both pairs lying near the roof of the coroll 
the same pair uniting slightly at their tips, 
directed downward, exposing the pollen. 
y insufficient. 
But rapidity is apt then to be no longer necessary, the pistil 
ment of stamens 
and style, but the flowers being synacmic, the stigma lobes: 
often in contact with the style, insect visits infrequent, CrOSS-— 
fertilization js not insured. The length of the tube makes 
the honey inaccessible to smaller bees. The flowers are 
violet-purple in color, with two hairy ridges on the lower lip, 
Separated by a groove leading to the proper entrance. In 
albino flowers the entrance is darker, tinged with purple. 
