CHANGE OF DIKECTION. 



201 



arraDgement of parts in the normal male flowers to 

 be as follows : 



s 



s 



s 



r p p p p 



st st st St St 

 st St st st st 



That of the hermaphrodite blossoms would be, in brief, 

 as follows : 



st 



One of the most curious cases of this kind recorded 

 is one mentioned by Mr. Berkeley,^ wherein a large 

 white-seeded gourd presented a majority of flowers in 

 which the pollen was replaced by ovules. It would 

 seem probable from the appearances presented by the 

 figure that these ovules were, some of them, pollini- 

 ferous, like those of the Passiflora, &c., described at 

 p. 185, but nothing is stated on the subject. 



See also section on Regular Peloria, Substitution, 

 Pistillody of the stamens, &c. 



CHAPTER V. 



ALTERATIONS IN THE DIRECTION OF ORGANS. 



The deviations from the ordinary direction of organs 

 partake for the most part more of the nature of varia- 

 tions than of absolute malposition or displacement. It 

 must also be borne in mind how frequently the direction 

 of the leaves, or of the flower, varies according to the 



' ' Gard. CLron.,' 1861, p. 499. 



