. 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 insect must alight; by the narrowed entrance of the throat of the flower in front of the nectary ; by a fissure in the centre of the Hp, by which the tongue is conducted, etc. In other species aUied to the above we find adaptations to the thorax, the eyes, and the face of the intended visitor ; and there is still another group whose structure
. 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 insect must alight; by the narrowed entrance of the throat of the flower in front of the nectary ; by a fissure in the centre of the Hp, by which the tongue is conducted, etc. In other species aUied to the above we find adaptations to the thorax, the eyes, and the face of the intended visitor ; and there is still another group whose structure is distinctly adjusted to the tongues of insects—adaptations not merely of position of pollen masses, but even to the extent of a special modification in the entrance to the flower and the shape of the sticky gland, by which it may more securely adhere to that sipping 34. 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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