226 EEGULAB PELOEIA. 



thus, for instance, consists of species of Epimedium in 

 wliicli the customary spurs are not formed.^ 



The occurrence both of regular and irregular peloria 

 / on the same plant has frequently been observed in 

 Linaria. It has also been remarked that the seedlings 

 raised from these forms are not always constant ; thus, 

 the late Mr. Crocker, formerly foreman in the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, informed me that he fertilised some 

 flowers of a drooping Gloxinia with their own pollen, 

 and that when the seedlings blossomed a large number 

 of them produced the erect regular flowers. 



From what has been already said it will be seen that 

 regular peloiia is closely allied to what Morren 

 called epanody, or a return to the normal condition. 

 The reversion of a monstrous form to the normal one, 

 as, for instance, when the fern-leaved beech reverts 

 to the normal type, was called by the same author 

 epistrophy.^ 



The following are the genera in which regular peloria 

 has been most often observed. It must, however, be 

 remarked that in some of the flowers recorded as 

 peloric there is no indication as to which form of 

 peloria the case should be referred to. For other 

 illustrations refer to chapters on Heterogamy, Number, 

 Irregular Peloria, &c. 



Delphinium peregrinum ! Streptocarpus Rexii. 



Nigella damascena ! *Digitali8 purpurea. 



Aquilegia vulgaris ! Scrophularia aquatica. 



Viola odorata ! *Pent8temon. 



liirta. *Linaria vulgaris ! 



Epimedium, sp. "Antirrhinum maj us! 



Pelargonium zonale ! Verbascum ni^nim ! 

 * inquinans ! Columnea Schiedeana. 



Tropseolum majus ! Halenia heterantha. 



"Wistaria sinensis. Galeodolon luteum. 



Lupinus. Pmnella vulgaris ! 



Cytisus Laburnum ! Salvia, sp. ! 



TVif olium repens ! Teucrium campanulatum. 

 Compositffi, gen. pi. ! Betonica alopecuros. 



Lonicera, Pericljmenum ! Eccremocarpus scaber. 



' Mai'chand, ' Adansonia,' vol. iv, p. 127. 



' Bull, Acad. Belg..* xvii. p. 17. " Fuchsia," p. 169. 



