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half the anther being perfect, the other half leaf-like. 
Another filament bore just above the usual joint 
three leaflets, two lateral ones, somewhat con- 

Fie. 134.— Flower of a Petunia, opened to show the stamens partially 
replaced by stalked leaves. 
duplicate, and a third central one, half anther, half 
leaflet. 
In the case of frondescent flowers of Tropeolum 
majus the stamens are usually absent or atrophied, 
but in other instances the filament is present as usual, 
representing the stalk of the leaf, and surmounted by 
a small lamina, but this latter, in place of being nearly 
flat, is pinched up in the centre from back to front, 
and surmounted by a two-lobed anther, so that the 
general appearance of the whole structure is that of 
a central anther, supported at the base on each side by 
two concave leaf-lobes, or it might be compared with 
a three-lobed leaf, the terminal lobe represented by 
the anther. 
In Jatropha Pohliana, Mill. (Adenorophium lueu- 
rians, Pohl.), a singular condition has been observed by 
M. Miller (Argov.). In this flower the anther, in place 
