CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



CLEISTOQAMIC FLOWERS. 



General character of cleistogamic flowers List of the genera pro- 

 ducing such flowers, and their distribution in the vegetable 

 series Viola, description of the cleistogamic flowers in the 

 several species ; their fertility compared with that of the per- 

 fect flowers Oxalis acetosella 0. sensitiva, three forms of 

 cleistogamic flowers Vandellia Ononis Impatiens Dro- 

 sera Miscellaneous observations on various other cleistogamic 

 plants Anemophilous species producing cleistogamic flowers 

 Leersia, perfect flowers rarely developed Summary and con- 

 cluding remarks on the origin of cleistogamic flowers The 

 chief conclusions which may be drawn from the observations in 

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INDEX 345-351 



