IN FUCHSIA GLOBOSA. 417 
That the sepals are sometimes of different size, and that within 
the limits ofa given variety the length of the calyx-tube may 
vary, hardly needs exemplification. Nor have we thought it 
necessary to illustrate by drawings the frequent occurrence of 
longitudinal slits in the calyx-tube, which arise from ruptures 
of the epidermis and some of the deeper cell-layers ; they should 
not be confounded with the deep furrows, which, though rarely, 
may be seen at the outer side of the tube. An express exami- 
nation shows that in these cases the eight vascular bundles going 
up to the stamens strongly project at the corresponding places 
inside. 
This is just the reverse of what Hemsley says about New- 
Zealand Fuchsias: “ the calyx-tube is more or less prominently 
eight-ribbed, the ribs corresponding to the lines of the attach- 
ment of the filaments." 
By way of conclusion to this section we mention a flower 
delineated and described by Morren. This flower belongs 
to the Scaramouche variety mentioned before, and has a double 
number of sepals, disposed in one single whorl, whereas all the 
other elements, though modified, show the ordinary number. 
Whether this polyphylly was induced by lateral chorisis, cannot 
be gathered from the description. It is worth noting that in 
this flower one of the sepals had left the whorl and had sunk 
down under the ovary, where it presented a yellowish-green 
colour, and bore an antisepalous stamen in its axil. If others 
of these eight sepals had been displaced in the same direction, 
the case would have offered great resemblance to the flowers of 
Prof. Liebe, treated in this section. 
$5. Abnormalities in the Pistil. 
Like the stamens, the pistil rarely shows any considerable 
aberrations as to its structure and position. 
As regards the ovary, only one modification of its position has 
come under our observation. We allude to the superiorovary shown 
in Pl. LX. fig. 28 ; from our notes we add the following :—* Ovary 
small, superior, its surface for the greater part covered with a glan- 
dular disk (nectary) ; style slit open and laid flat, with three (or 
four?) small protuberances (stigmas) at top. Moreover the sepals 
are seen only slightly cohering under the ovary, a calyx-tube being 
consequently wanting. The petals resemble the sepals in shape *, 
* Two sepals a! and a? cohere so as to form one part. 
