SECT. VI. THE FLOWER. 2Q1 



happens that there is also in the flower an anomaly Anomalies 

 of defect in the absence of one of its parts. Ex- 

 amples of this sort are occasionally to be met with 

 in the flowers of Campanula pentagonia and Tus- 

 silago Anandria, in which the corolla is altogether 

 wanting, though proper to the species ; and in this 

 case the flower is said to be mutilated. 



Sometimes the anomaly consists in the situation 

 of the flower, which is generally protruded from 

 the extremity or sides of the branches. But the 

 flower of the Ruscus is protruded from the surface of 

 the leaf; or it may consist in the relative situation of 

 the several parts of the flower. In simple flowers 

 the pistil is invariably central with regard to the 

 stamens ; but in compound flowers the pistils are 

 often situated in the circumference and the stamens 

 in the centre. This seems to be the case a*so with 

 some monoscious plants having their flowers on the 

 same peduncle, as in the examples of the Carex and 

 Arum, in which the stamens are more central than 

 the pistils. 



Sometimes the anomaly consists in the colour of Of colour, 

 the corolla, which will often deviate even in the 

 same species. The general colour of the common 

 Cowslip, Primula veris, is a bright yellow ; but an 

 individual is occasionally to be met with, though 

 very rarely, in which the limb or expansion of the 

 corolla is purple with a line of yellow around the 

 border. A Cowslip answering to this description 

 was gathered by the Lady Francis Douglas, at 



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