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Vegetable secretions and the means by which by are effected by Kate L. Hudson, 1888

Vegetable secretions and the means by which by are effected by Kate L. Hudson, 1888, Page 35

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31 as much as it does not go toward the Constructive Metabolism of the plant, still it is of indirect advantage to the plant, as it invites insects to the flower which are to be of service in ensuring cross fertilization. The glands are conspicuous in the Crowfoot Family, the Barberry and the Nasturtion. The nectaries are placed in such position, that when an insect visits the flower it must in order to obtain the nectar, touch the anthers and so carry off some of the pollen, and that when it visits another flower of the same kind, the pollen which
 
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