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154 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ June, 
__ stigmas become receptive, although as a rule they grow 
effete at an earlier date. While the proterandry is not well 
marked, and its honey but poorly defended from general 
depredations, the plant is remarkable among our common 
among these are various bees, was s, flies, and unknown 
dipterous insects. Although bees visit this plant and Scrophu- 
laria nodosa alike, I could rarely succeed during the same 
" reas Jistulosa in the bud has stamens and style erect, 
ne ‘atter seeming the longer, but being soon overtopped by 
the stamens, which mature first. As they grow effete, the 
ae onde vulgaris has flowers whose upper lip is violet, 
the remainder white. The anthers mature first; later 
not necessary, the size of the teeth is much 
A bee entering the corolla touches the anthers 
