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increased growth and those which arise from diminished 

 action. It will be seen, therefore, that in these in- 

 stances it is the bulk of the organs that is increased, 

 not their number; moreover,, their development or 

 metamorphosis is not necessarily altered. In connec- 

 tion with increased size an alteration of consistence is 

 so frequent that the two phenomena are here taken 

 together. It will be borne in mind that the changes 

 of consistence from membranous to succulent or woody 

 are very frequent in the ordinary course of develop- 

 ment. They may also occur as accidental phenomena, 

 or the normal conditions of any particular flower or 

 fruit may be exactly reversed, the usually succulent 

 fruit becoming dry and capsular, and so forth. 



