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COMPOSITE AND UMBELLIFEIi^. [chap. 



the Umbelliferae. I have sometimes wondered whether 

 the neutral tints of these flowers have any connection 

 with the number of species by which they are fre- 

 quented. 



TABULAR VIEW OF THE INSECTS VISITING SOME OF THE COM- 

 MONEST SPECIES OF COMPOSITES AND UMBELLIFERS. 



No order of plants are more visited by insects than 

 the Compositse and the Umbelliferae ; but from the 

 difference in the form of the flowers the species are 



