﻿Origin 
  of 
  Peloric 
  Toadflax 
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  main, 
  the 
  peloric 
  mutations 
  must 
  be 
  assumed 
  to 
  

   proceed. 
  

  

  This 
  conception 
  may 
  still 
  be 
  broadened. 
  We 
  

   may 
  include 
  in 
  it 
  all 
  similar 
  occurrences, 
  in 
  

   allied 
  and 
  other 
  species. 
  There 
  is 
  hardly 
  a 
  

   limit 
  to 
  the 
  possibilities 
  which 
  are 
  opened 
  up 
  by 
  

   this 
  experience. 
  But 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  refrain 
  

   from 
  hazardous 
  theorizing, 
  and 
  consider 
  only 
  

   those 
  cases 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  exact 
  

   repetitions 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  phenomenon 
  and 
  of 
  

   which 
  our 
  culture 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  in- 
  

   stances 
  on 
  record. 
  We 
  will 
  limit 
  ourselves 
  to 
  

   the 
  probable 
  origin 
  of 
  peloric 
  variations 
  at 
  

   large, 
  of 
  which 
  little 
  is 
  known, 
  but 
  some 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  recorded 
  facts. 
  

   Only 
  one 
  case 
  can 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  directly 
  analo- 
  

   gous 
  to 
  our 
  observations. 
  

  

  This 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  peloric 
  race 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  

   snapdragon, 
  or 
  Antirrhinum 
  majus 
  of 
  our 
  gar- 
  

   dens. 
  It 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  produce 
  peloric 
  races 
  from 
  

   time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  as 
  does 
  the 
  toad- 
  

   flax. 
  But 
  the 
  snapdragon 
  is 
  self-fertile 
  and 
  so 
  

   is 
  its 
  peloric 
  variety. 
  Some 
  cases 
  are 
  rela- 
  

   tively 
  old, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  

   and 
  in 
  part 
  observed 
  by 
  Darwin. 
  Whence 
  they 
  

   have 
  sprung 
  and 
  in 
  what 
  manner 
  they 
  were 
  

   produced, 
  seems 
  never 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  noted. 
  

   Others 
  are 
  of 
  later 
  origin, 
  and 
  among 
  these 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  varieties 
  have 
  been 
  accidentally 
  pro- 
  

  

  