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which are no Lilies at all. Dtsporum pullutn (fig. 251) 

 is an erect annual herb of the Pareshnath Hills. 



The pollination in Gloriosa and Yucca is an interest- 

 ing study. In the bud state the Gloriosa flowers are 

 drooping, with the perianth folded over the stamens 

 and pistil. When the flowers open, the perianth- 

 lobes curl upwards, exposing the stamens and pistil 

 directed downwards, the stamens bending at right 



Fig-. 251. — Dis^runi pidlum 



angles to the floral axis project beyond the circum- 

 ference of the flower, and the pistil stands with the 

 ovary straight in the middle of the flower, but the 

 style is bent at an acute angle upon the ovary, so as 

 to reach the circumference of the flower and to be 

 amongst the stamens. But as the style is longer than 

 the filaments, the stigma projects beyond the reach of 

 the anthers. The pollen-grains have thus no chance 

 of falling upon the stigma. Insects, especially butter- 

 flies, attracted by the superbly-coloured perianth and 

 honey secreted in its grooyes, visit them, and effect 



