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Pinus Pinaster July 31

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through the corolla; but in

anner although they could

obtain the nectar in a in a legit=

to corolla.)

ck)

methos of operating, on flowers

es from the outside close to

idden within the corolla.

of Stachys coccinea had

upper side of the corolla near the base.

rabilis & of Salvia coccinea

manner; whist with those

lyx which is much elongated in had

rolla were both invariably

Pentstemon cornutus is argutus are

st named, and two holes

ave always bored through been made in them

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Pinus Pinaster Aug 3d

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Used

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734 (20

Ch XI

through a lens. This process was repeated many times; but I did not succeed in finding a single flower, though many hundreds were examined, which had not been perforated. Humble-bees were at the time sucking the flowers through these perforations. On the following day a large number of flowers were examined on the another heath with the same result, but here hive-bees were sucking through the holes. which probably had been made by humble bees. This case is all the more remarkable, as the innumerable