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May 22 — 63 Corydalis lutea. —

The hood slips springs one way & pistil springs otherway; so opposed elasticities & coherence of edge of hood keep in place the whole till force of Bee acts— The stigma loaded with mass of coherent pollen, will hit same point of bee's lower side of body, & whilst bee sucks, will be routed against the hair hairs already charged with pollen. — Pistil straight & not curved as W. describes that of C. claviculata — After in C. lutea pistil has sprung bees can insert proboscis on either side of base lower part of pistil, into nectary, & perhaps would rub pist stigma, for this does not rest

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with its face against upper petal, but one end rest against it.— [sketch] petal

I must watch bees on flower already sprung.—

The hood of upper or nectary petal protects stigma from rain, owing to horizontal position of flower, from rain, but not very well —