On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects (1890)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · London ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 57
II.] PINK, MYOSOTIS. 35 pollen, some of which, if they subsequently alighted on an older flower, they could not fail to deposit on the stigma.1 In some cases flowers which are first male and then female, are male on the first day of opening, female on the second. In others the period is longer.… … FIG. 30.— Pink in the first (male) FIG. 31. — 'Pink in the second condition, condition. with mature stigmas. maturity -and lasts for three or four. (" Das endeckte Geheimniss der Natur," p. 287.) Fig. 34 represents a flower of Myosotis versicolor (a species often known as the Forget-me-not)i when…
Fertilization of plants by insects · Insect-plant relationships · Wild flowers -- Great Britain · Flowers -- Color
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