. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. 'Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests t^^^^-ii^i&^^^m:^:.^^. Fig. 3. inclination, as shown at B. The nectary is about the length of a bumblebee's tongue, and is, moreover, so amply expanded at the throat below the stigma as to comfortably admit its wedge-shaped head. The three progressive diagrams (Fig. 4) indicate the result in the event of such a visit. The pollen disks are here
. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. 'Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests t^^^^-ii^i&^^^m:^:.^^. Fig. 3. inclination, as shown at B. The nectary is about the length of a bumblebee's tongue, and is, moreover, so amply expanded at the throat below the stigma as to comfortably admit its wedge-shaped head. The three progressive diagrams (Fig. 4) indicate the result in the event of such a visit. The pollen disks are here very close together, and are protected within a membranous cup, in which they sit as in a socket. As the insect inserts his head at the opening (A), it is brought against this OVdry-^. pollen-pouch or anther-cell '// pollen mass. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896; Davie, Eleanor E. New York, Newson
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