BEES AND FLOWERS. 
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bees and other insects to fertilize them. We can only 
take the simplest, but I think you will say that even 
this blossom is more like a conjuror's box than you 
would have supposed it possible that a flower could be. 
Let us examine it closely. It has six deep-red 
covering leaves, three ccc, Fig. 63, belonging to the 
Fig. 63. 
Orchis mascula. 
ccc, Calyx. eo t co, co, Corolla. /, Pollen-masses, r, Rostellum 
or lid covering the knob at the end of pollen-masses, s s, Stigmas. 
P, a Pollinia or pollen-mass, of which a is the pollen and d the sticky 
gland which adheres to the head of the bee. s v, Seed-vesseL tf, Spui 
of the flower. 
calyx or outer cup, and three co, co, co, belonging to 
the corolla or crown of the flower ; but all six are 
coloured alike, except that the large one in front, 
