DISPLACEMENT. ' 93 
complete absence of the lower one. In the second or 
inner whorl of the perianth the lip is merely a little 
oblique on one side, but the lateral petals are distorted, 
displaced, and adherent one to the other and to the 
/ I J \ \ 
Fic. 45.—Diagram of mal- 
formed Cypripedium. 0, outer 
segments; 7, Inner segments of 
perianth ; e, lip; s, stigma; a 
anther. 

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Fic. 44.—Malformed flower of 
Cypripedium. 
column, while the posterior shield-like rudimentary 
anther is completely wanting. 
In a specimen of Lycaste Skinneri similar changes 
were observed, as shown in the plan, fig. 47. Here 
the posterior sepal was deficient, the two lateral ones 
e 
Wig amare Me ‘aay 
4 = \ eae 
N} \ A . ————S a 
{ a (STG 
“\\ CF ) “78 \ \ 
\ SS v4 fj eo) Ve 
¥ offal (WY 
\ \e 4 
— WS 
Fic. 46.—Diagram showing ordi- 
nary arrangement in Cypripedium. 
o, outer, 7, Inner segments of peri- 
Fic. 47.—Plan of flower of Ly- 
caste Skinneri, showing displace- 
ment of organs. 
anth; e, lip; a, anther; a’, abortive 
stamen; s, stigma. 
were present, one of them with a long tubular spur, 00 ; 
of the two lateral petals, 77, one was twisted out of 
place, so as partially to occupy the place of the 
deficient sepal; the lip was represented by two three- 
lobed segments, /, one above and within the other. The 
