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half the anther being perfect, the other half leaf-hke. 

 Another filament bore just above the usual joint 

 three leaflets, two lateral ones, somewhat con- 



Pio. 134. Flower of a Petunia, opened to show the stamens partially 

 replaced by stalked leaves. 



duplicate, and a third central one, half anther, half 

 leaflet. 



In the case of frondescent flowers of Tropceolum 

 majus the stamens are usually absent or atrophied, 

 but in other instances the filament is present as usual, 

 representing the stalk of the leaf, and surmounted by 

 a small lamina, but this latter, in place of being nearly 

 flat, is pinched up in the centre from back to front, 

 and surmounted by a two-lobed anther, so that the 

 general appearance of the whole structure is that of 

 a central anther, supported at the base on each side by 

 two concave leaf-lobes, or it might be compared with 

 a three-lobed leaf, the terminal lobe represented by 

 the anther. 



In Jatropha Pohliana, Miill. (Adenorophium hiam- 

 HanSf Pohl.), a singular condition has been observed by 

 M. Miiller (Argov.). In this flower the anther, in place 



