CHANGE OF DIRECTION. 201 
arrangement of parts in the normal male flowers to 
be as follows : 

P P P P P 
That of the hermaphrodite blossoms would be, in brief, 
as follows : 
18) S 
5 P 
5 st 
5 c 
One of the most curious cases of this kind recorded 
is one mentioned by Mr. Berkeley,’ wherein a large 
white-seeded gourd presented a majority of flowers in 
which the pollen was replaced by ovules. It would 
seem probable from the appearances presented by the 
figure that these ovules were, some of them, pollini- 
ferous, ike those of the Passiflora, &c., described at 
p- 185, but nothing is stated on the subject. 
See also section on Regular Peloria, Substitution, 
Pistillody of the stamens, &c. 
CHAPTER V. 
ALTERATIONS IN THE DIRECTION OF ORGANS. 
Tue deviations from the ordinary direction of organs 
partake for the most part more of the nature of varia- 
tions than of absolute malposition or displacement. It 
must also be borne in mind how frequently the direction 
of the leaves, or of the flower, varies according to the 
1 «Gard. Chron.,’ 1851, p. 499. 
