PETALODY. 2993 
Petalody of the connective is of less frequent occur- 
rence than the corresponding change in the other 
portions of the stamen. It may be seen in some 
forms of double columbine,' in which the connective 

Fie. 158.—Portion of a double columbine (Aquilegia), showing petalody 
of the connective. 
forms a tubular petal or nectary, and in double 
petunias and fuchsias. When it occurs, the true 
numerous separate filaments, each bearing a one-, or it may be even a 
two-lobed anther. This circumstance is “confirmatory of the opinion 

Fic. 159.—Petaloid stamens, Hibiscus. 
held by Payer, Duchartre, Dickson, and other organogenists, as to the 
compound nature of the stamens in these plants. The stamens are 
here the analogues not of a simple entire leaf, but of a lobed, digitate, or 
compound leaf, each subdivision bearing its separate anther. On this 
subject the reader may consult M. Miiller’s paper on the anther of 
Jatropha Pohliana, &c., referred to at page 255. 
: See C. Morren, “On Spur-shaped Nectarines,” &e., ‘Ann. Nat. 
Hist.,’ March, 1841, p. 1, tab. 11. 
