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May 25 — 1862. It might be thought a chance that the pollen of grasses would be blown & hit stigma ofotherindividual of same species; & so indeed in these Dioecious & Monoecious plants which depend on wind. I have often been surprised at this. But lately having had carefully to examine Labellum of many Fly Ophrys for other purpose, I have been astonished at number of varius pollen-grains caught by each spec velvety Lab.— The whole surface of the ground in early summer is evidently thicky dusted with infinitely many pollen-grains.

[in margin:] As this Ophrys very early var, had good evidence of wind

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The whole surface of the country appears It is not surprise, that [illeg] the stigma of some plants shd [illeg] pollen, for everywhere to be thus dusted with the p of the plant during the early part of the summer; for [2 words illeg] when I examined for another purpose the labellum of a large number of the flower F. Ophrys, which is rarely visited by insects, & I found on all a large number of incoherent p. grn [pollen-grain] which had been caught by its these velvety surfaces.

[in margin:] *(Note to Anemophilous Plants)