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The Bee and the Lupine. 



The myriads of flowers that brighten the fields and hills 

 with their masses of color, or give a charm to every nook and 



Fig. 26. The CALiFORNii Poppy (Eschacholtzia). (a) A sprig of the 

 plant bearing on the right an unopened bud with the calyx cap still ou 

 It; on the left the corolla openinR ; the calyx has dropped away (b) 

 the calyx cap dropping from the bud, (c) a section through the center 

 of the flower showing the pistil in the center, surrounded by stamens 

 tbeseby the petals of corolla: (1) ovary, (2) style, (3) a stigma, M) an 

 ftnther of stamen ; this bears pollen. 



