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23. Melandrium triflorum (R. Br.) J. Vahl (Fig. 41). 

 Greenland. I have described it in "Overs, over d. K. 

 danske Vid. Selsk. Forhandl.", 1886. Slight perfume. 



g: Slightly protogynous; self-pollinating. Both the 

 cal.-anth. and the cor.-anth. lie finally close to the styles 

 and are in contact with them. The styles, surrounded by 



Fig. 41. Melandrium triflorum (R. Br.) J. Vahl. 

 A, The limbs of the petals are more or less outspread. The appen- 

 dages of the throat (see E) are hollow. B, On the slightly club-shaped 

 styles the stigmatic papillae are fully developed (see /), but the anther* 

 are closed and stand at a lower level than the styles. In C the cal.-st. 

 have straightened, and the anthers have opened at the level of the 

 middle of the styles, almost at the throat of the flower. In D the cor.-st. 

 have also straightened and opened their anthers (the parts of the 

 flower are spread out artificially). As the stigmas are still ripe, self- 

 pollination will certainly be inevitable. In flowers at this stage of 

 development I always found a great quantity of pollen on the stigmas, 

 partially germinating (K). F and G almost ripe fruit. H, a seed. 

 Some of the hairs have been omitted. From Kristianshaab, W. Green- 

 land. (E. W.) 



