220 REGULAR PELORIA. 
in other species of this genus. Baillon,' in referring 
to these flowers, points out the resemblance that 
they bear to the double varieties of Nigella. In 
the stellate columbines (Aquilegia) of gardens the 
tubular petals are replaced by flat ones often in in- 
creased numbers. In violets both forms of peloria occur, 
that in which there is an unusual number of spurs, and 
that in which there are no spurs (var. anectaria). 
In the more perfect forms of regular peloria occur- 
ring in the last-named genus the following changes 
may be noticed : 1, an alteration in the direction of the 
flower so that it remains in an erect position, and is not 
bent downwards as usual; 2, equality of proportion in 
the sepals and petals; 3, absence of spurs, as also of 
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Fic. 118. — Regular _ peloria, Fie. 119.—Double Violet, flower 
Viola. regular, petals multiplied, stamens 
and pistils petaloid. 

| Baillon, ‘ Adansonia,’ iv, p. 149. 
