10 OiT., 11(17. 



Ajijilf Ciilhin- in Victoria. 



585 



pistil divisions eoiitaiiied in tlip speeiniciis under review, however, 

 varied, in tlic different flowers, from eleven to nineteen. 



Plate i;57 shows nine blossonus of this variety. Specimen (a) is 

 from the tree wliieh j^roduees flowers of normal development only, while 

 (h) to C') depift variations in the pi.-^tillifcrous flowers. Each of the 



Plate 137. — Perfect and pistllllferous flowers of the Tredika apple. 



Plate 138. — Fig. 1. Specimen from tree which yields perfect flowers. 



Fig. 2. Specimen from tree which produces pistilliferous blooms. 



latter elass contains two ovaries, one above the other. Five of the centre 

 pistil divisions, in each instance, develop into an ovary with five cham- 

 bers in the usual position which the cross-section (¥) taken from the 

 point (m) in specimen (i) illustrates. The remainder of the pistil 

 divisions of each flower, whatever the number may be, form a circle 



