B. 
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4 DEVELOPMENT OF: THE FLOWER 
one. See figs. 21, b. b. the second ovarium is here not yet 
united at the base, but at a. a. union has taken place. 
In one instance the 2nd ovarium presents a bract-like leaf, 
about 3 as long as the normal one, and united to its ventral su- 
ture, to which it is opposed. ! 
All sorts of variety in size occur, from rudiments of ovary, 
to two complete ones ; generally the more complete the one, 
the larger the other. 
In one instance, a third smaller ovarium was observed to be . 
developed. 
It is worthy of-remark, that the ovaria are sessile at first 
at the throat of the calyx, the adnate pedicle is therefore 
a branch, the free portion subsequently Bees is rather 
analogous to a petiole. 
' When two ovaria are developed, the woody matter of 
the stalk forms a complete circle. b. figs. 22; a stalk of 
- an ordinary one. 
PASSIFLORA KERMESINA.—P1. 2. 
. Main Results.—That the stipule.are to be considered 
as the lowermost pinnz of the leaf, as they appear subse- 
quently to the central punctum (!) i 
They are also oblique, an argument in favour (?) of their 
being lateral. 
That general be e exists aborigine, and indeed up 
to a late period. 
That the lobes of the leaf are in every respect devdlop# 
ed as the pinnates of a pinnated leaf, from which they are 
not to be — except by” a broader laminiferous 
base. 
[N. B. To examine the development of the lateral laminz.] 
That the toothings are dependent upon the form of the 
cellular matter, and independent of the veins. 
That the stalk of the ovarium, and common stalk ofitand : 
the stamens are ulterior, especially the last. 
