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55. Notes on the Pollination of Flowers in India. Note 



No* 4# On Cotton in Behar. 



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By I. H. BuRKiLL. 



The observations tere detailed were made in the current 



year 



the district 



at the following places : — Pusa and Dalsing Sarai in 



of Darbhanga; Saing, Sirseab (both, north of 



Mozatterpnr), barai and Kutnpur (near Uajipur) m the district 

 of MozafEerpur ; Barb in the district of Patna ; and Matrapur 

 west of Arrah in the district of Shahabad. The insects were 

 kindly named for me by Mr. H. Maxwell-Lefroy and his assistant 

 Mr, 0. R. Dutt, to whom I offer my acknowledgments. 



Clear yellow..'' 



Deep red brovm -- 



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Over the districts named spreads the pecnliar custom of 



sowing in the rains cotton together with 



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