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had not been removed were in the upper flowers beneath the buds, and many of these would probably have been subsequently carried away. I have often found an abundance of pollen on the stigmas of flowers which had not their own pollinia removed, showing that they had been visited by insects. In many other cases the pollinia had been removed, but no pollen had been as yet left on the stigmas.

	Number of flowers with both or one pollinium removed. Flowers lately open excluded.	Number of flowers with only one pollinium removed. These flowers are included in the column to the left.	Number of flowers with neither pollinium removed.
Orchis morio. Three small plants. N. Kent	22	2	6
Orchis morio. Thirty-eight plants. N. Kent. These plants were examined after nearly four weeks of extraordinarily cold and wet weather in 1860; and therefore under the most unfavourable circumstances	110	23	193
Orchis pyramidalis. Two plants. N. Kent and Devonshire	39	. .	8
Orchis pyramidalis. Six plants from two protected valleys. Devonshire	102	. .	66
Orchis pyramidalis. Six plants from a much exposed bank. Devonshire	57	. .	166
Orchis maculata. One plant. Staffordshire. Of the twelve flowers which had not their pollinia removed, the greater number were young, flowers under the buds	32	6	12
Orchis maculata. One plant. Surrey	21	5	7
Orchis maculata. Two plants. N. and S. Kent	28	17	50
Orchis latifolia. Nine plants from S. Kent, sent me by the Rev. B. S. Malden. The flowers were all mature	50	27	119
Orchis fusca. Two plants. S. Kent. Flowers quite mature, and even withered	8	5	54
Aceras anthropophora. Four plants. S. Kent	63	6	34