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of having a long, slender style, carrying a green capatate stigma 
above the throat of the corolla, it was short and broad, and often 
somewhat contorted. Upon a closer inspection of this organ it 
was found that the contents of the pistil consisted of stamens, 
some of which were partly changed into petals, often highly 
colored, while in the center of all was a small pistil, perhaps 
one-third the normal size. A large number of these pistils were 
examined and the average was 2.73 normal stamens, about one 
petaloid structure, and .73 central pistil. It had lost its original 
shape, the color was white, or purple, in part, the top not closed, 
but ending in a number of tips, each bearing a portion of the pe- 
culiar green-colored stigma, while from within arose a number of 
tips of highly colored petals, which were much crumpled toward 
the base and inclosed by the ovary. When torn open such pis- 
tils contained but few normal stamens, and in the center of all 
stood the secondary pistil of the ordinary form, much developed, 
and filled with ovules. Not infrequently the ovarian stamens 
had their anthers tipped with a small stigmatic surface, thus indi- 
cating the close association of the sexual elements in floral struc- 
ture. Upon making camera drawings of the stigmatic surface of 
the inner and the outer pistil a considerable difference was 
evident. On the primary pistil the papilla were twice the size 
of those of the inner, and were covered with small globules of oil, 
a fact not observed with the inner stigma. This difference may 
be due to the inner pistil being immature. This view is sup- 
ported by the fact that no great difference was found between 
pollen from the outer and inner stamens, the size in both varying 
from 45/ to 50u. 
A striking abnormality was also found in the common garden 
“Bouncing Bet” (Saponaria officinalis). Two is the normal 
number of styles, but in many flowers there are three of equal 
length, and in addition an inner and longer one, as if the pla- 
centz had been prolonged and tipped with a style and stigma. 
Upon removing the three carpels the central column is left be- 
hind, along with several strands of tissue to which ovules are 
attached. Each of these strands ends in from two to five long, 
slender bodies, which, owing to lack of space, are usually some- 
what twisted. The upper portion of these prolongations has the 
