6 DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLOWER 
hairs, although perhaps from their being a 
growth from an inner lining which is continu- 
ous with the stamina or outsides of the fila- 
ments, they are perhaps of a glandular nature, 
and in this respect representatives of indefinite 
stamina ? 
Results. That the pistillum first appears as a mere rim of 
an obsolete nature, from which it passes into a short hollow 
three-lobed body; the lobes concave, each representing a 
carpel leaf. 
(Q.) That the tube of the calyx and the ciliz appear simul- 
taneously, neither being found in 9 or 10. 
That their late appearance and irregularity connected 
with their outside station, is proof that they are not staminal, 
but mere cellular processes from the tube of the calyx, the 
lowermost down the tube are the largest, and most irre- 
lar 
That the placente are marginal, and that the ovulz are 
produced immediately from their surface, which is nearly 
equal in extent to the more ventral part of each leaf. 
'The processes are of late appearance, the sepals being 
hooded, the stamens sulcate down the middle, the petals 
rather larger, the pistillum a three-lobed dise before any 
signs of processes (! !) 
Now bear in mind, this retrograde desek what 
does it mean? for in some instances the stamens are formed 
before the petals (?) 
The development of the carpels is precisely that of ordi- 
. mary leaves, the punctum first, the lamina and involution last. 
So up to a certain time the development so far as regards 
the flower, is regular enough. 
The processes are the result of ulterior development, so 
is the stalk or gynophore, for when the bud is well developed, 
and the ovula even have appeared, nothing is seen but 5 
stamens, 5 petals, 5 sepals hypogynous. 
An excellent opportunity is here afforded for examining the 

