base, so as to })ocomc^peltato, wliilc in otlier cases, tho 

 disc of the leaf is so depressed tliat a true pitcher is 

 formed. This happens also in the Lirae Tilta., in which 

 fremis pitclier- or hood-like leaves {^folia cuailhitu) may 

 frequently be met with. There are trees Avith leaves 

 of this character in the cemetery of a Cistercian 

 ]\ronastery at Sedlitz, on which it is said that certain 

 monks were once hung : hence the legend has arisen, 

 that the peculiar form of the leaf was given in order 

 to ])erpetuate the memory of the martyred monks. 

 (' Bayer. Monogr. Tilue,' Berlin, 1861.) It is also stated 

 that this condition is not perpetuated by grafting. 



I have in my possession a loaf of Aufirrhminri majns, 

 :iii(l nlsn ;i <<nf'fiir)(Mi of PrJti rtion in iii. wlKM'oiii flu^ hLulc 



Fio. 8. Pitcher-Bhaped leaf of relargoniiDn. 



of the leaf is funnel -like, and the petiole is cylindrical, 

 not compressed, and grooved on the upper surface, as 

 IS usually the case. A comparison of the leaves of 

 J'elargoin'vm prifahnn with those of P. cnaiUatum (*Cav. 



