Chap. I.
ORCHIS MASCULA.
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Description of Fig. 1.
| a. anther, consisting of two cells. | n. nectary. |
| r. rostellum. | p. pollen-mass. |
| s. stigma. | c. caudicle of pollinium. |
| l. labellum. | d. viscid disc of pollinium. |
A. Side view of flower, with all the petals and sepals cut off except the labellum, of which the near half is cut away, as well as the upper portion of the near side of the nectary.
B. Front view of flower, with all sepals and petals removed, except the labellum.
C. One pollinium, showing the packets of pollen-grains, the caudicle, and viscid disc.
D. Front view of the caudicles of both pollinia with the discs lying within the rostellum, its lip being depressed.
E. Section through one side of the rostellum, with the included disc and caudicle of one pollinium, lip not depressed.
F. Packets of pollen-grains, tied together by elastic threads, here extended. (Copied from Bauer.)
