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it hangs on a thin stalk, and bends its head down so 
that the rain cannot come near the honey in the spur, 
and also so that the pollen-dust falls forward into the 
Fig. 61. 
Section of the Dog Violet. Lubbock. 
A, Anthers and stigma enlarged, a a, Anthers. J, Stigma. 
/, Pollen. A, Honey. 
front of the little box made by the closed anthers. 
Then the pollen is quite dry, instead of being sticky 
as in most plants. This is in order that it may fall 
easily through the cracks. Then the style or stalk 
of the stigma is very thin and its tip very broad, so 
that it quivers easily when the bee touches it, and so 
shakes the anthers apart, while the anthers them- 
selves fold over to make the box, and yet not so 
tightly but that the dust can fall through when they 
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