302 METAMORPHY. 



Pistillody of the perianth. The passage of the segments 

 of the perianth into carpels has been observed fre- 

 quently in Tulipa Gcsnerlann^ the change in question 

 being generally attended by a partial virescence. M. 

 Gay is said by Moquin to have observed a flower of 



Fio. 160. Flower of tulip, showing vertical attachment of a leaf, and 

 also the existence of ovules on the margins of the segments of the 

 perianth. Some of the parts are removed. 



Crocus midiflorus in which the segments of the perianth 

 were cleft and fringed at the same time, so that they 

 presented the appearance of the stigmas. 



Pistillody of the sepals. In some double flowers of the 

 garden pea communicated by Mr. Laxton, among other 

 peculiarities was a supernumerary 5-6-leaved calyx, 

 some of the segments of which were of a carpellary 

 nature, and bore imperfect ovules on their margins, 

 while at their extremities they were drawn out into 

 styles.^ 



' ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' 1866. p. 897. 



