396 MEIOPHYLLY OF THE 
Partial suppression of the leaf occurs sometimes in 
compound leaves, some or other of the leaflets of which 
are occasionally suppressed. Sometimes, as Moquin 
remarks, it is the terminal leaflet which is wanting, 
when the appearance is that of Cliffortia, at other 
times the lateral leaflets are deficient, as in Citrus or 
Phyllarthron. Ononis monophylla and Lragaria mono- 
phylla may be cited as instances of the suppression of 
the lateral leaflets. If the blade of the leaf disappears 
entirely, we have then an analogous condition to that 
of the phyllodineous acacias. , 
With reference to the strawberry just mentioned, 
Duchesne, ‘ Hist. Nat. Frais.,’ p. 133, says that this 
was a seedling raised from the fraisier des bois, and 
the characters of which were reproduced by seed, and 
have now become fixed. The monophyllous condition 
has been considered to be the result of fusion of two 
or more leaflets, but however true this may be in some 
cases, it is not the case with this strawberry. M. 
Paillot states that he has found the variety in a wild 
state.’ 
In lke manner varieties of the following plants 
occur with simple leaves, ftosa berberifolia (Lowea), 
Rubus Ideus, Robinia pseudacacia, Fraxinus excelsior, 
Sambucus nigra, Juglans wigra, &e. 
In one instance seen by the writer every portion of 
the leaf of a rose was deficient, except the stipules 
and a small portion of the petiole. (See abortion.) 
Meiophylly—A diminished number of leaves in a 
whorl occasionally takes place; thus, in some of the 
Stellate, and frequently in Paris quadrifolia, the 
number of leaves in the verticil is reduced. Care must 
be exercised in such instances that an apparent dimi- 
nution arising from a fusion of two or more leaves be 
not confounded with suppression. 
Meiophylly of the calyx or perianth—A lessened number 
' * Rev. Hortic.,’ 1866, p. 467. 
