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polypetalous condition. The Germander Speedwell Thence, to perhaps some of the most irregular 



{Veronica chameedrys) is nearly a regular flower — 

 that is, its petals are nearly all the same size and 



types of gamopetalous flowers are all included in 

 this order. Take the genus Calceolaria for instance. 



Fig. 67. — Monstrous Calceolaria, a, ordinary corolla ; b, elon- 

 gated hollow corolla, terminating at a small opening at C. 

 Reduced one-third. 



Fig. 70. — Monstrosity (Synanthy) in common Foxglove. 



sTiape. In other species of the same genus, both 

 size and shape of two out of the four petals vary 

 considerably. 



Fig. 68.— Malformation of Flowers of Calceolaria. 



Fig. 69.— Malformation of Lips of Calceolaria. 



Fig. 71. — Monstrous Foxglove. 



The whole of the floral effort seems to have been 

 thrown into the evolution of the shoelike lower part, 

 which has obtained for it its botanical name. There 



