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Some flowers are highly modified to insect pollination . They have many features which help this kind of pollination .
(a) What are these flowers called as ?
(b) Explain the characters which make them suitable for this type of pollination .

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(a) Entamophilous flowers
(b) Brigjhtly coloured fragrant nectary sticky pollen grains .
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