372 PLEIOTAXY 



number, coloured purple, and destitute of any true 

 floral organs. A similar condition exists in some 

 varieties of Plantago major (yar. 2>aniculata)t as has been 

 previously stated, p. 109. 



Flo. 187. Wheat-ear carnation. The appearance is due to the 

 multiplication of the bracts and the suppression of the other parts of 

 the flower. 



It has been noticed also in the common pea, Pisum 

 sativum, and M. Lortet^ records a case of the kind 

 in Erica muUifloraf the flowers of which, under ordi- 

 nary circumstances, are arranged in clusters, but in 

 this case the pedicels were more closely crowded than 



' 'Bull. Soc. Bot. France,' t. vi, 1859, p. 268. 



