﻿Origin 
  of 
  Peloric 
  Toadflax 
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  parts 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  could 
  be 
  repeated 
  five-fold, 
  

   in 
  which 
  case 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  no 
  spur, 
  and 
  no 
  

   orange 
  hue 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  corolla-ring. 
  Such 
  

   forms 
  really 
  occur, 
  though 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  

   rare 
  than 
  the 
  five-spurred 
  pelories. 
  Very 
  little 
  

   is 
  known 
  about 
  their 
  frequency 
  and 
  hereditary 
  

   qualities. 
  

  

  Orchids 
  include 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  peloric 
  

   monstrosities 
  and 
  moreover 
  a 
  wild 
  pelory 
  

   which 
  is 
  systematically 
  described 
  not 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  

   separate 
  species 
  but 
  even 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  genus. 
  It 
  

   bears 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Uropedium 
  lindenii, 
  and 
  is 
  

   so 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Cypripedium 
  caudatum 
  

   that 
  many 
  authors 
  take 
  it 
  for 
  the 
  peloric 
  variety 
  

   of 
  this 
  plant. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  state 
  in 
  

   some 
  parts 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  where 
  the 
  Cypripedium 
  

   also 
  grows. 
  Its 
  claims 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  separate 
  genus 
  

   are 
  lessened 
  by 
  the 
  somewhat 
  monstrous 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  of 
  the 
  sexual 
  organs, 
  which 
  are 
  described 
  

   as 
  quite 
  abnormal. 
  But 
  here 
  also, 
  interme- 
  

   diates 
  are 
  lacking, 
  and 
  this 
  fact 
  points 
  to 
  a 
  

   sudden 
  origin. 
  

  

  Many 
  cases 
  of 
  pelorism 
  afford 
  promising 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  for 
  further 
  studies 
  of 
  experimental 
  muta- 
  

   tions. 
  The 
  peloric 
  toad-flax 
  is 
  only 
  the 
  proto- 
  

   type 
  of 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  in 
  other 
  cases. 
  

   No 
  opportunity 
  should 
  be 
  lost 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  as 
  

   yet 
  too 
  scanty 
  evidence 
  on 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  