honey-secreting

Both in Brazil and in Nicaragua I paid much attention to the relation between the presence of honey-secreting glands on plants, and the protection the latter secured by the attendance of ants attracted by the honey.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

It had honey-secreting glands on its young leaves and on the sepals of the flower buds.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

I have, from these facts, been led to the conclusion that the use of honey-secreting glands in plants is to attract insects that will protect the flower buds and leaves from being injured by herbivorous insects and mammals; but I do not mean to infer that this is the use of all glands, for many of the small appendicular bodies, called

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

Scents may vary as the river's fringe; but only a delicate blend is recognised -- the breathings of honey-secreting flowers and of sapful plants free from all uncleanliness.

Tropic Days 1887

It had honey-secreting glands on its young leaves and on the sepals of the flower-buds.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

I have, from these facts, been led to the conclusion that the use of honey-secreting glands in plants is to attract insects that will protect the flower-buds and leaves from being injured by herbivorous insects and mammals, but I do not mean to infer that this is the use of all glands, for many of the small appendicular bodies, called "glands" by botanists, do not secrete honey.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

Both in Brazil and Nicaragua I paid much attention to the relation between the presence of honey-secreting glands on plants, and the protection the latter secured by the attendance of ants attracted by the honey.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

Scents may vary as the river’s fringe; but only a delicate blend is recognised — the breathings of honey-secreting flowers and of sapful plants free from all uncleanliness.

Tropic Days 2003

"the relation between the presence of honey-secreting glands on plants, and the protection to the latter secured by the attendance of ants attracted by the honey."

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