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Some Abnormal Plants. 



By Raymond Bellamy. 



While tramping across the country in nortliern Montana, my attention 

 was cauglit by a plant of the Campanula rotundifolia (L) species. This 

 was remarkable for its abnormalities. It was in full bloom and the cen- 

 tral stem appeared to be formed l)y the union of three separate stems, 

 while all the flowers on this stem showed the same triple growth in all 

 their parts. Surrounding this stem were a number of others, each of 

 which showed a double arrangement throughout, in the same manner that 

 the central stem had showed a triiile one. The specimen was preserved, 

 but lost, along with a number of others, somewhere between there and 

 Indiana. 



Another interesting al)norma]ity was noticed this fall while sprouting 

 some white beans for laboratory work. In the bunch were two that had 

 three cotyledons, one being nuicli smaller than the others, but seemingly 

 as strong and full of vitality as they. 



Moores Hill, Indiana. 



