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oped branch very obvious. Nay, in some cases, the whole flower-bud, after having 
given a slight indication of a floral character, is transformed into a leafy branch, 
showing that all parts of the flower are formed out of the same elements as the 
leaves. 
h. Sometimes the flower-stalk is not effectually checked in its growth by the 
development of the flower, but is prolonged through it, and produces secondary 
flowers in the midst of the organs of the first. This is not unfrequent in the rose. 
Several instances of these malformations are exhibited below. (Fig. 6.) 
k. This mode of studying the floral structure is deeply interesting and instruc 
tive, but our limits will not permit us to dwell upon it, nor is it necessary. The 
intelligent student will be able to extend the above illustrations by an examina- 
tion of almost any flower, with reference to its deviations from the normal plan. 
FIG. 6.—1, From Lindley, —a flower of white clover, reverting to a leafy branch ; 2, here 
drawn from a living specimen, —a tulip, 6, a leaf arising from the peduncle, takes the posi- 
tion, form, and color (in part) of a sepal ; 3, here drawn from a living specimen, —a rose (R. 
damascena) with the axis prolonged into secondary rose-buds. 
** In our detailed description of the flower, we shall commence with those 
organs which are deemed essential, their mysterious agency being indispensable to 
the perfection of the seed. 
