FLOWERS AND SEEDS. 
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5 . Many of the large flowers in warm countries 
are visited by humming-birds, sun-birds, and brusli- 
tongued lories, whose long beaks and tongues just 
suit many of the deep, bell-shaped flowers. 
6. But some flowers do not depend upon insects 
or birds to cause their seeds to grow: they have 
Spikelets of Grass in a Wind : the Pollen escaping from the hanging Anthers 
in the Spikelets to the right. 
neither bright petals nor sweet scent, nor any store 
of honey to attract insects. 
7 . These flowers mostly have many stamens, which 
hang out freely on long stalks, and are shaken by 
every passing breeze. Their stigmas are feathery, 
and are spread out as if to catch any grains of 
pollen that may drift towards them through the 
air. 
8. The wind is the friend of such flowers as these. 
It wafts the fertilizing grains of pollen from flower 
