﻿Origin 
  of 
  Peloric 
  Toadflax 
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  terminal 
  flowers 
  of 
  many 
  branches 
  were 
  large 
  

   and 
  beautifully 
  peloric, 
  bearing 
  five 
  long 
  and 
  

   equal 
  spurs. 
  About 
  their 
  origin 
  and 
  inher- 
  

   itance 
  nothing 
  is 
  known. 
  

  

  A 
  most 
  curious 
  terminal 
  pelory 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   common 
  foxglove 
  or 
  Digitalis 
  purpurea. 
  As 
  we 
  

   have 
  seen 
  in 
  a 
  previous 
  lecture, 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  

   variety. 
  It 
  was 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  time 
  by 
  VroHk 
  of 
  Amsterdam, 
  and 
  the 
  

   original 
  specimens 
  of 
  his 
  plates 
  are 
  still 
  to 
  be 
  

   seen 
  in 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  botanic 
  garden 
  of 
  

   that 
  university. 
  Since 
  his 
  time 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   propagated 
  by 
  seed 
  as 
  a 
  commercial 
  variety, 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  easily 
  obtained. 
  The 
  terminal 
  

   flower 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  stem 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   branches 
  only 
  are 
  affected, 
  all 
  other 
  flowers 
  

   being 
  wholly 
  normal. 
  Almost 
  always 
  it 
  is 
  ac- 
  

   companied 
  by 
  other 
  deviations, 
  among 
  which 
  a 
  

   marked 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  corolla 
  and 
  other 
  whorls 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  strik- 
  

   ing. 
  Likewise 
  supernumerary 
  petals 
  on 
  the 
  

   outer 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  corolla, 
  and 
  a 
  production 
  of 
  a 
  

   bud 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  capsule 
  may 
  be 
  often 
  

   met 
  with. 
  This 
  bud 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  grows 
  out 
  after 
  

   the 
  fading 
  away 
  of 
  the 
  flower, 
  bursting 
  through 
  

   the 
  green 
  carpels 
  of 
  the 
  unripe 
  fruit, 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   ducing 
  ordinarily 
  a 
  secondary 
  raceme 
  of 
  flow- 
  

   ers. 
  This 
  raceme 
  is 
  a 
  weak 
  but 
  exact 
  repetition 
  

   of 
  the 
  first, 
  bearing 
  symmetrical 
  foxgloves 
  all 
  

  

  