On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects (1890)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · London ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 166
[CHAP. SCROPHULARIA. 144 nigrum, however, according to Gsertner, cannot be fertilised by its own pollen. The genus Scrophularia, from which the family takes its name, is remarkable in many respects. From the general arrangement of the blossom in flowers of the Labiate form, the pistil could hardly… … FIG. 99. — ScropJmlaria nodosa. * line, and a fifth stamen would accordingly be in the way. It has therefore disappeared, though Miiller mentions that he once found one in Lamium album. In Scr. nodosa (Fig. 99), however, the four normal stamens and the pistil occupy the lower side of the flower,…
Fertilization of plants by insects · Insect-plant relationships · Wild flowers -- Great Britain · Flowers -- Color
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