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species of this genus on the Singlela ridge. One of them grows 
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stemonoides. The flower or 4 e first ves as here drawn. 
the stipma is the antler of one of the long 
bee passes, and then further back over the 
paired shorter stamens. The flower of S. pent- 
stemonoides is more inclined in position and less 
hooded than that of S. Wallichii. Its longer 
stamens are of equal length and the anthers 
ide by sid in 
vallestris was seen to visit its flowers regularly, 
“se an individual of Bombus funerarius to be 
busy as regularly in robbing them by biting the 
corolla on the upper side near the base. 
humming-bird hawk-moth (Sphingid) went for 
natural position. honey its flowers on October 3rd, 1906, at 
9,000 fee 

Strobilanthes 
Wallichii. 
Corydalis is another hes with bee-flowers. On October 
3rd, 1906, a Bombus was seen ned jrvog & vain flowers of 
C. cheerophylla. No insects were see ne ers of Corydalis 
juncea, U. longipes and C. pet ean a ae oan sets fruits, 
abst by salt pollination, as the Gites and stigma are in 
eir flowers all face obliquely downwards. 
The little Labiate—EHisholtzia strobilifera—which is very 
mmon, is visited by Bombus i bag cei T saw (29-ix-06) one 
of these bees going constantly to its flower on the summit of 
awfurdia speciosa is visited by Bombi which, hanging on to 
Be cone form ed by the stamens, visit each nectary in turn. he 
ower, one to each of the five green bilobed nectaries. The 
greenish white smaller flowers af Crawfurdia luteoviridis are 
often rather more ere than those of CU. speciosa. Every 
flower of : seems to set fru 
mong the Saicnciiten of the mixed forest are several long- 
tubed ae and they are diligently visited by Dycastris eee 
hirta. Senecio tetranthus was particularly s sought after by t 
long-tongued fly. The big Cnicus cinvolucratus, found in hollows 
about 11,000 ft., was visited by Bombi: but it would seem 
rather to be a butterfly-flower, 
Composites of the pastures are not long-tubed, Aster 
stkkimensis is the commonest: a pa h of it with white flowers 
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