1922.] Bat-Flowers of the Mohwa. 575 
B which was of the same age as A when cut on the 2nd April 
was shedding pollen on the evening of the 5th April. The 
corolla at this stage is almost completely covered by the sepals. 
Fite. 8.—Bud-like flower in first stage sketched on the 
evening of the 5th April. When lightly tapped, pollen was 
shed through the pore-like openings and when the style was 
touched through the tip of the corolla tube. 
Fic. 8a.—Slightly enlarged drawing of flower in the first 
stage with the tip of one of the sepals turned back to show the 
opening through which the pollen is shed. There were two 
other openings just under the tip of the opposite sepals but 
they were not so large. 
Plate IT. 
Fig. 9 —Section of flower in the first stage. At this stage 
the anthers are ripe and the stigma sticky and when tapped or 
shaken at night it produces a shower of pollen. Sketched 
at 2 a.m. on the 29th March. 
Fre. 10.—Section of flower in second stage with much 
enlarged fleshy corolla, and pollen shed. Natural size. 
Fie. 11.—Sketch of fully “ripe” flower with the much 
enlarged and fleshy corolla. In this stage the style is about 
half an inch longer than it was in the first stage. Natural 
S1Ze. 
Fies, 12-17 give sketches of a bud and flowers of different 
ages. The flowering branch was cut at 6-30 p.m. on the 9th 
April and the flowers were examined almost immediately after. 
[In taking the exact measurement of the lengths of the 
sepals, corollas and styles the sections became slightly distorted 
and wider. The exact lengths are shown in the drawings. ] 
Ia. 12.—Sepals much longer than petals, style only a 
little longer than the sepals. Anthers immature and no pollen 
shed when tapped. fla still 
Fig. 13.—Pollen being shed and fleshy part of corolla sti 
completely hidden under sepals. : 
1 IG. i sae oll n eng: shed. Style and petal slightly 
longer than that of flower shown in Fig. 13. re 
Fig. 15.—Fleshy part slightly thicker than that in Fig. 
13. Appears to be a bit older than that in Fig. 13. fall 
Fie. 16.—Section of old flower in which corolla has fallen 
off. The style was much longer than the old style of that in 
Fig. 15, but the sepals were of the same length. pos 
Fic. 17.—Section of old flower showing corolla sh os 
ovary slightly larger. Sepals the same length as that in Fig. 
15, but style found to be exactly 1 cm. longer. ahd on 
Fras. 18-31 give the sections of all the flowers oe 2 
a bunch which was examiaed about 8 a.m. Altogether the 
Were fourteen flowers and none were destroyed by bats. 
Fie. 18.—Quite a young bud. 
