PETALODY. 



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mens affords a satisfactory explanation of the appear- 

 ance in some double MalvacecVy wherein the tufts of 

 adventitious petals are very liable to be mistaken for 

 buds, produced by axillary prolification in the axils of 

 the petals, but which are in reality compound and 

 petaloid stamens. At other times, however, true 

 axillary prolification exists in these flowers ; but then 

 the supplemental florets have always a calyx, which is 

 wanting in the other instances. 



Petalody of the stamens has been met with most 

 frequently in the following genera : 



Ranunculus ! 

 Anemone ! 

 Papaver ! 

 Clematis ! 

 *Hepatica ! 

 *Ficaria ! 



Thalictrum. 

 *Caltha! 

 Trollius ! 

 Nigella ! 

 *Aqiiilegia ! 

 Delphinium ! 

 Adonis ! 

 Paeonia ! 

 *Nelumbium ! 

 Nymphaea ! 

 Berberis ! 

 Papaver ! 

 *Clielidonium ! 



Sanguinaria. 



Podophyllum. 

 Mathiola! 

 Cheiranthus ! 

 *Iberi8 ! 

 Cardamine I 

 Hesperis , 

 Baruarea I 

 Sinapis ! 

 Brassica ! 

 *Helianthemum 

 Viola ! 

 Diantbus ! 

 Saponaria ! 

 Lychnis I 

 Saene ! 

 Saeina! 

 Hibiscus I 

 Althaea: 

 Malva : 



^sculus ! 

 Gei-anium ! 

 Pelargonium 

 Ti'opa^olum ! 



Oxalis ! 

 Impatiens ! 

 Camellia ! 



Thea! 



Trifolium ! 



Medicago ! 

 Ulex ! 



Spartianthus. 



Clitorea. 



Pisum ! 



Orobus ! 



Genista ! 



Spartium ! 



Cy tisus ! 



Axithyllis. 



Coronilla. 



Lotus! 

 Rosa! 

 Kerria ! 

 *Spira;a ! 

 Fragaria ! 

 Potentillu ! 

 Cratajgus I 



Cydonia. 

 F^s! 



Eriobotnra ! 

 Amygdalus ! 

 Prunus ! 

 Myrtus I 

 Punica ! 

 Philadelphus ! 

 Doutzia ! 

 Fuchsia ! 



Gf>detia ! 



Clai'kia ! 



