14.4 ALTERATION OF POSITION. 
female below and male above, others, again, wholly 
male. 
Various changes in the form and arrangement of 

Fia. 65.—Flower of Nymphcea Lotus, var., showing axillary floral pro- 
ification. The section also shows the tuft of leaves that occupied the 
place of the ovary. 
the several floral whorls accompany axillary prolifica- 
tion; some of these affect the particular organ or 
organs implicated, and these only, while in other cases 
some other parts of the flower likewise undergo modi- 
fication. The changes most commonly met with are 
such as may be classed under Goethe’s theory of re- 
trograde metamorphosis ; for instance, if a supplemen- 
tary bud be developed in the axil of a sepal, that sepal 
is likely to be more than ordinarily leaf-hke im appear- 
ance. The dislocation of the affected sepal from its 
fellows is a very frequent occurrence; in cases of this 
