On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects (1890)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · London ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 109
LOTUS, IV.] irregular corolla are fertilised by insects. The advan- tage of the irregularity is that it compels the insects to visit the nectary in one particular manner. In the present group the result is that insects necessarily alight on a particular part of the flower, when their weight in many… … FIG 66. — Lotus coruiculatus. another. The corolla in the Leguminosae consists of five petals ; an upper one, usually called the " Stan- dard," two lateral ones, or "Wings;" and two lower ones, united at their edges into a boat-shaped organ, or " keel." The bases of the stamens coalesce into a…
Fertilization of plants by insects · Insect-plant relationships · Wild flowers -- Great Britain · Flowers -- Color
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