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and rain had somewhat disturbed the growth, and its uniform shape 
had been interfered with. The number of blooms taken in series 
were— 
Ist Series.— 1. The Central umbel that had completed the stage 
of blossom, and was forming the fruit. 
Then there followed 
2nd Series.— 8 Primary lateral umbels, on branches of the 
ascending axis. 
26 Primary umbels on stems or branches springing 
— from the crown of the plant; these formed 
84 the 2nd Series of blooms, and were fading. 
2 of these, however, had been destroyed when 
— the stems had formed 10 flower buds and 
32. had been broken off at the base. 
The branchlets produced a 8rd Series of 
3rd Series.—22. blooms, which numbered 22 on the8 branches 
of the axis, the number of branchlets 
varying from 2 to 3 on a branch. 
108—86. On the 24 radical laterals that were unin- 
jured, as many as 6 branchlets were found 
on some of these laterals; a few were very 
attenuated, but all reached the floral 
margin of growth. The 8rd Series of 
blooms, smaller than the 2nd, commenced 
blooming July 25th. 
A 4th Series of still smaller flower buds was 
formed on a second set of branchlets, 
4th Series.—75. which numbered 75; this total did not 
— include 6 of this growth noticed on the 
Petal. oi. os 216. two destroyed side branches. 
The total number of flowering umbels therefore produced and 
perfected was 216. This remarkable number, in comparison with 
what is usually observed in relation to the blooms of the wild 
flower, under the ordinary casualties of its life, is due in great 
measure to the better preservation and development of the basic 
or collateral stems of the central one, in the natural field growth, 
few or none of these seem to exist. 
Observation was now unavoidably suspended for three weeks. 
On the 24th of August, the fourth series of inflorescence was in 
full bloom. The time had been passed in the development and 
maturing of the seed, the general vegetative growth having been 
nearly stationary. The large umbel of the axis was now removed 
for the purpose of examining the fruit. 
Several circumstances noticed in the development of the plant, 
such as the free vegetative growth, the unusual dimensions, the 
