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visitor, at the same time decorating liim with 

 their compHments of webby pollen (A, Fig. 5). 



The nectary now drained of its sweets, the 

 moth creeps or flutters to a second blossom, and 

 its pollen-dusted body thus coming in contact 

 with its stigma, cross-fertilization is accomplished. 



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Fig. 5 



The pollen of the laurel differs from that of most 

 of the Heath blooms, its grains being more or less 

 adherent by a cobwebby connective which per- 

 meates the mass as indicated in my magnified 

 representation (B, Fig. 5). 



It is probable that an accessory cross-fertiliza- 

 tion frequently results from a mass of the pollen 

 falling directly upon the stigma of a neighboring 

 blossom, or even upon its own stigma, but even in 



