158 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
“one can usually find a contented fly seeking 
shelter or food. Close to the ground it is warm 
and less windy. When the cup first opens, only 
the stigmas are mature and sticky to receive any 
WILD GINGER 
pollen the visitors may bring on their bodies from 
other asylums where they have been hiding. 
These stigmas presently withering, up rise the 
twelve stamens beside them to dust with pollen 
the flies coming in search of it. Only one flower 
