286 THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. 
forming to 
this behest, 
the winged 
guests de- 
tach from 
their downy 
feet a more 
or less con- 
siderable 
portion of 
the yellow, 
powder- 
like pollen adventitiously 
brought away from the 
anthers of the bloom last 
visited. And thus the seed 
germs are fertilised. 
Many and anxious 
were the tentative day- 
break visits paid to this 
splendid Cactus in order 
not to miss the coveted 
opportunity of immortalis- 
ing its snowy charms. For 
several days previous the 
swelling buds appeared to 
be on the very brink of 
bursting open, but on as 
many occasions disap- 
pointed anticipations. At 
length, on the very night 
preceding the writer’s de- 
parture by steamer for the 
further North, and England, 
the coy beauty, from her 
W. Saville-Kent, Photo. 
CEREUS GRANDIFLORUS. 
