nto competition, are nevertheless nearly equally common. In both species the young flower contains a pyramidal group of stamens which surround the stigma, and produce a large quantity of pollen, which cannot fail to dust any insect visiting the flower for the sake of its honey. In Malva sylvestris… … FIG. 45.— Stamens and stigmas of Malva FIG. 46.— Ditto of Malva rotundifoli while in Malva rotundifolia (Fig. 44), the flowers of which are comparatively small and rarely visited by insects, the branches of the stigma are elongated and twine themselves (Fig. 46) among the stamens, so that the…
Flowers -- Color · Fertilization of plants by insects · Plants -- Variation
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