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3. UNION OF DISSIMILAR OR SUCCESSIVE PARTS .... 181 



Adnation or Connation 182 



Hypogynous, Perigynous, Epigynous 183 



4 IRREGULARITY OF SIMILAR PARTS 184 



5. DISAPPEARANCE OR OBLITERATION OF PARTS .... 187 



Abortion or Suppression of Parts of a Circle 187 



Abortion or Suppression of whole Circles 190! 



Terms therewith connected 191 



Suppressed Perianth 191 



Suppressed Androecium or Gynoeciuui 193 



Along with suppressed Perianth 194 



Neutral Flowers 195 



6. INTERRUPTION OF NORMAL ALTERNATION 195 



Anteposition or Superposition . . .... .... 195 



In Appearance only 196 



Superposition by Spirals ... 196 



Anteposition with Isostemony and Diplostemony 197 



With Obdiplosteraony 198 



7. INCREASED NUMBER OF PARTS 200 



Regular Multiplication 200 



Parapetalous Multiplication 201 



Chorisis or Deduplication 202 



8. OUTGROWTHS 209 



Their relation to Chorisis : Trichomes 209 



Corona or Crown 210 



Ligule 211 



9. FORMS OF THE TORUS OR RECEPTACLE 211, 



Stipe, Thecaphore, Gynophore, Carpophore, &c 212 



Disk 213 



Hypanthium 214 



SECTION IV. ADAPTATIONS OF THE FLOWER TO THE ACT OF 



FERTILIZATION 215 



1. IN GENERAL ' . . . . 215 



Close and Cross Fertilization, or Autogamy and Allogamy . 216 



2. ADAPTATIONS FOR ALLOGAMY OR INTERCROSSING . . . 216 



Wind-fertilizable or Anemophilous Flowers 217 



Insect-fertilizable or Entomophilous Flowers 218 



Irregularity as related to Allogamy 219 



