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ample 0. nanella in its earliest stages forms a few long- 

 stalked leaves; and occasional crumples are seen in the 

 otherwise smooth leaves of O. laevifolia and 0. scintil- 

 lans, etc. In this they behave like many species even in 

 other families which reproduce in their early stages the 

 characters of their ancestors (for example Acacia, Ulcx, 

 Stum, etc.). 



I shall now attempt to set forth the characters of the 



Fig. 100. Ripe fruits shortly be- Fig. loi. Ripe fruits, shortly be- 

 fore drying; half nat. size; the fore drying, half natural size, 

 bracts have not yet fallen off. o, G, Oenothera gigas; Lt, O. lata. 

 O. oblonga; s, O. scintillans. 



new species in synoptic tables in order to make it easier 

 to compare them with the characters of the older species 

 in the section which follows. And in order to express 

 myself as simply as possible I shall regard the character 

 of the parent-species O. Lamarckiana as the normal and 

 compare the others with it. 



Further I propose to deal with the different organs 



