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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  . 
  [Januar)', 
  

  

  instead 
  of 
  having 
  the 
  ovoid 
  conical 
  ovary, 
  slender 
  style 
  and 
  five 
  stellate 
  

   stigmas 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  flower, 
  consisted 
  of 
  leaf-like 
  bodies 
  closely 
  rolled 
  or 
  

   twisted 
  together 
  and 
  an 
  ovary 
  broadened 
  and 
  flattened 
  like 
  an 
  oblate 
  

   spheroid. 
  This 
  conformation 
  of 
  the 
  pistil 
  occurred 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  

   double 
  flowers, 
  and 
  seemed, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  organ 
  to 
  undergo 
  

   modification. 
  A 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  pistil 
  laid 
  open 
  furnished 
  a 
  fine 
  illustration 
  

   of 
  the 
  reversion 
  of 
  essential 
  organs 
  to 
  leaves. 
  It 
  was 
  composed 
  of 
  five, 
  

   and 
  irequently 
  of 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  leafy 
  carpels, 
  only 
  slightly 
  coherent 
  at 
  

   base, 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  green 
  color 
  and 
  thin 
  in 
  texture. 
  The 
  long 
  acuminate 
  

   apex 
  of 
  each 
  was 
  infolded 
  and 
  sometimes 
  inclosed 
  by 
  the 
  wavy-curled, 
  

   involute 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  portion. 
  When 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  carpels 
  was 
  

   more 
  than 
  five, 
  the 
  extra 
  ones 
  were 
  either 
  inclosed 
  within 
  the 
  others 
  or 
  

   appeared 
  as 
  lateral 
  outgrowths 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  

  

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  flatter 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  rounlfh'T'v? 
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  '^'^"^^ 
  intermediate 
  pointed 
  forms 
  to 
  a 
  

   rounded 
  body 
  bearing 
  a 
  miniature 
  leaf 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  

  

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