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METAMOBPHY. 



In the accompanying figures (fig. 163, a J) the nature 

 of this change is ilhistrated. In some of the speci- 

 mens it is easy to see that the two shorter stamens 





c d 



Pio. 163. Gheircmihus CheiH, var. gynantherus. a. Sepals and petals 

 removed to show carpellodic stamens. 6. The same laid open. c. 

 Transverse section, d. Flan of flower with four carpel-like stamens, &c. 



undergo the change into carpels later and less per- 

 fectly than the four longer ones, and not infrequently 

 the outer pair are altogether absent. In most of the 

 flowers of this variety the petals are smaller and less 

 perfectly developed than usual.^ 



In Lilium tigrinum, some specimens of which were 

 gathered by Mr. J. Salter, in addition to various 

 degrees of synanthy and other changes, some of 

 the stamens were developed in the form of carpels, 

 adherent by their edges so as to form an imperfect 

 tube or sheath around the normal pistil. Fig. 164 



See also Allmann, ' Bep. Brit. Assoc.,' July, 1851. 



