The colours of flowers [microform] : as illustrated in British flora (1882)
Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · London : Macmillan · leaf 60
48 THE COLOURS OF FLOWERS. our British species, Lobelia Dortmanna, is sky-blue ; the other, Z. uvens, is a dingy purple. Not far from them are the Dzpsacee, including the lilac scabious, the blue devil’s bit, and the mauve teasel. Amongst … Fic. 16.—Flower of harebell (Campanula); bright blue. all these very highly-evolved groups blue distinctly forms the prevalent colour. In the great family of the Ericacee, or heaths, which is highly adapted to insect fertilisation, more particu- larly by bees, purple and rose are the prevailing…
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