LIFE OF FLOWER 137 



Undoubtedly the most important elements in the 

 foregoing tale of work are those relating to the 

 mammalian (and especially the marsupial) brain, and 

 the marsupial dentition. And if Flower had accom- 

 plished nothing more than this, he would have been 

 entitled to gratitude of his successors. But, as we 

 shall immediately see, all the above formed but a portion 

 of his zoological labours. 



