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Erytherina corollodendron circumnutation of leaf

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Fumaria officinalis (do) Covered up and unprotected plants apparently produced the same an equal number of capsules, and the seeds of the former seemed to the eye equally good. I have often watched this plant, and so has Hildebrand, and we have never seen an insect visit the flowers. H. Müller has likewise been struck with the rarity of the visits of insects to it, though he has sometimes seen hive-bees at work. The flowers may perhaps be visited by small moths, as we shall see is probably the case with the following species.

Fumaria  capreolata (do) Several large beds of this plant growing wild were watched during many days, but the flowers were never visited by any insects, though a humble-bee was once seen closely to inspected them. Nevertheless as the nectary contains much nectar especially in the evening, I felt sure convinced that they were visited, probably by moths.