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the flower has brought the bee, she cannot fail to go 
in at the right place. 
Two more flowers still I want us to examine to- 
gether, and then I hope you will care to look at every 
flower you meet, to try and see what insects visit it, and 
FIG. 66. Lotus corniculatus , Bird's-foot Trefoil, i. Full flower: 
sta, Standard ; iv, Wings ; , Keel. 2. Keel of flower : d, 
Depression into which wings fit. 3. Interior of flower : .y, 
Stigma ; /, Pollen ; a, Anthers ; k, Place where honey lies. 
how its pollen-dust is carried. These two flowers are 
the common Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and 
the Early Orchis (Orchis masculd). 
The Bird's-foot trefoil, Fig. 66,* you will find almost 
* This plant is not found wild in America, but the parts of 
the flower may be studied, though with slight differences, in the 
common vetch Vicia sativa\ 
