562 FLORA OF McNAB'S ISLAND, HALIFAX, N. S. — BARBOUR. 



if I we'nt the reverse way I would oulj get the above result 

 reversed ; but in all cases where three's were present I started 

 to work from that number. 



Look at these floral diagrams of flowers of the regular type 

 with complete corollas. I passed round in the direction of the 

 arrows from the spot marked by an x opposite a three. 



Of course it was only by observation for a while previous to 

 systematically proceeding, that I found the most suitable spot 

 to start from. I did the same when a two came first. 



While doing this special work, one or two other peculiarities 

 were sometimes observed in the stigmas. 



The stigma is usually described in books on flora as " large 

 and peltate, with five narrow, acute, radiating lobes." In a cer- 

 tain number I noticed that the lobes were only four in number, 

 and in about a dozen or more, the stigma itself as a whole 

 assumed a claw-shaped form like that of a bird, and was 

 sessile. 



In conclusion, briefly reviewing the results of the staminal 

 arrangements, let me say that i'n nearly half the specimens 

 ecxamined, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1 was the fonnula, and consequently it 

 is the normal arrangement of the ten stamens present. Then 

 came its variant, and the other formulae make up the 

 remainder. 



