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Outside of each of these, and entirely separated from the stigma in the cavity, lie the pollen masses within their pockets, each pair uniting at the rim below in V-shape, the union at the lower limit of the fissure. With this more intimate knowledge of the floral anatomy, let us now visit our milkweed-plant and observe closely.
Occasionally, when more than one leg is entangled, the dangling blossom is tossed and swayed for several seconds by the vigorous pulling and buzzing, and a number of these temporary captives upon a single milkweed-plant are always to be seen. Not unfrequently the mechanism so well adapted exceeds its functions and proves a veritable trap, as indicated in my specimens.
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