THE FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE. 
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 c c c t Fig. 67, belonging to the 
FIG. 67. Orchis mascula. c c c, Calyx, co, 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 is the sticky 
gland which adheres to the head of the bee. sv, Seed-ves- 
sel, sp, Spur of the flower. 
calyx or outer cup, the 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, 
called the " lip," has spots and lines upon it which will 
suggest to you at once that they point to the honey. 
But where are the anthers, and where is the stigma ? 
