FLORIDA FLOWERS AND INSECTS. 
CHARLES RoBERTSON. 
Except when Orlando is specified, the observations 
recorded here were made at Inverness. Observations on 
blooming seasons did not extend beyond April. Flowers 
indicated as blooming the last of April probably bloomed 
longer. 
SIGNS, ABBREVIATIONS, ETC. 
ab = abundant; ¢ = collecting pollen; esp = collecting 
stray pollen; f = feeding on pollen; fq = frequent; fsp 
= feeding on stray pollen; gn= gnawing; in cop = in 
copula; lp = labial palps; Ma = non-social long-tongued 
bee flower; Mas = social long-tongued bee flower; Mi = 
non-social short-tongued bee flower; Mis = social short- 
tongued bee flower; n= non-pollinating; 0 = ornitho- 
philous; Pol = polytropic; R = red and all dark colors; 
S = sphingophilous; se = sucking nectar and collecting 
pollen; sf = sucking nectar and feeding on pollen; W = 
white; Y = yellow, greenish to orange; ¢ = male; ? = 
female; % — worker. The family ending ‘¢idae’’ is omit- 
ted, as Halict for Halictidae. The months are Ja, F, Mr, 
Ap, My, Jn, Jl, Au, S, O, N, D. 
When no other indications are used after a name, the 
insect is counted as sucking nectar legitimately and ef- 
fecting pollination. Dates after ‘‘visitors observed’’ in- 
dicate the period within which the observations were 
made. Signs in parentheses, like ‘¢Halictidae (2, ¢)”’ 
mean that all of the following Halictidae were females 
and all collecting pollen. Numbers in. parentheses, for 
example (6,65), refer to the titles and pages in the 
bibliography. In tables they are for species and visits or 
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