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Primula veris ! Fritillaria iiuperialis ! 



Auricula. Agave americsv' a. 

 Primula acaulis, var. umbellata ! Iris versicolor. 



elatior P sambucina. 



sinensis ! Crocus, sp. 



Aristolochia Clematitis. Colchicum autunmale. 



Blitum sp. Narcissus incomparabilis ! 



Chenopodium sp. Tazetta. 



Bumex sp. biflorus. 



SaUx cinerea. chrysanthus. 



Hyacinthus orientalis ! *Ophrys aranifera ! 



Lilium bulbiferum ! Calanthe vestita ! 



croceum, et sp. alix, pi. Oncidium bicolor. 



Tulipa, sp. omithorhyncum. 



Polygonatum anceps. &c. &c. 



In addition to the works before cited, additional information on this 

 subject may be gained from the following : Jaeger, ' Missbilld.,' p. 92. 

 v. Schlechtend, ' Bot. Zeit.,' 1856, Robinia. Weber, ' Verhandl. Nat. 

 Hist. Vereins. Preuss. Rheinl.,' 1849, p. 290, Primula. Hincks, ' Rep. 

 Brit. Assoc. Newcastle,' 1838, Salpiglossis. Clos, ' Mem. Acad. Toidouse,* 

 vol. vi, 1862, Anagallis. Wigand, ' Flora,' 1856, tab. 8, Pedieidaris. 

 Henfrey, ' Botan. Gazette,' i, p. 280, Reseda. P. Reinsch, ' Flora,' 1860, 

 tab. 7, FetasUes. Weber, ' Verhandl. Nat. Hist. Vereins. f . d. Preuss. 

 Rheinl. u. Westphal.,' 1860, p. 332, tabs. 6 et 7, Prumis, Persica, Campa- 

 nula, Taraxacum, Saxifraga, Silene, Hyacinthus, &c. Miquel, ' Linnsea/ 

 xi, p. 423, Colchicum. Michel, ' Traite du Citronnier,' tab. 6, Citrus. 



Syncarpy. In the preceding section it has been shown 

 that the carpels, like other parts of the flower, are 

 subject to be united together. This union may either 

 take place between the carpels of a single flower or 

 between the pistils of different flowers. In the latter 

 case the other floral whorls are generally more or less 

 altered. Where, however, the ovary is, as it is called, 

 inferior, it may happen that the pistils of diff*erent 

 flowers may coalesce more or less without much altera- 

 tion in the other parts of the flower, as happens 

 normally in many Caprifoliacece, Bubiacecej &c. &c. 

 In some of these cases it must be remembered that the 

 real structure of the apparent fruit is not made out 

 beyond dispute, the main points of controversy being 

 as to what, if any, share the dilated fruit-stalk or axis 

 takes in the formation of such organs. Again, it will 

 be borne in mind that in some cases the so-called fruit 

 is made up of a number of flowers all fused together, as 

 in the Mulberry or the Pineapple, in which plants what 



