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of No. III. nearer to No. IV. or in other words on the side of it 
approaching the corolla.* The positions could usually be 
made out quite easily so that it was not at all difficult to trace 
the spiral, as the sepals were distinctly not cyclic, in.their in- 
sertion at any rate. 
In 49 cases the set of five petals was complete. The full 
sized petals generally carried an indentation marking the posi- 
tion of the nectary though very often it was not functional. In 
rare instances two nectaries occurred and these were usually 
on the two lateral veins next to the centre vein. 
But of greatest interest were those petals which had devel- 
oped in the direction of a tubular nectary, sometimes functional, 
sometimes not. Of these some had a yellow lip on the inner 
side of the nectary, as in Fig. G; In others the growth had 
taken place to such an extent that the opening was much more to 
the distal end of the petal than usual as in H, and there was often 
a corresponding reduction in the size of the lamina; while in 
one case the petal had become a real tubular nectary. 
In a very few instances the petals were almost staminoid, 
and sometimes these were really functional stamens, but of 
quite exceptional form, and still, from their position, really 
petals. Fourteen such modified petals occurred, some, as in 
M, with antheroid corners, and some as in N., with antheroid 
edges resembling on the whole stamens with very wide connec- 
tives. 
The foliage leaves also showed wide variation. The 
examples illustrated were selected from a large number, and 
exhibit forms with at first three segments to the leaf (I-1TI). 
These are followed by some with three segments so toothed 
as to suggest a division into four (12-23) the proportional size 
of the tooth increasing in the series. From 24 to 51 are repre- 
sentatives of a numerous set beginning with four segments 
toothed as in 24, or three segments double toothed as in 25, 
leading up to five segments as in 46 which have a tooth increas- 
ing in size up to 51 ; 52-54 illustrate an increase in the depth of 
cutting from the simple tooth of 52 to the deep division of 54. 
From 55 to 66 are five segments with a tooth, and so on, the de- 
gree of division increasing up to No. 124, the latter indicating 
peculiarly long-stalked forms. All of these are cauline leaves. 
The types from 125 to 145 are radical leaves with good stalks. 
The whole variation is of interest as arising ina member of the 
Ranunculacee for if the floral organs be studied one is re- 
minded of types like the Ranunculus with a naked nectary 
(e.g., R. aquatilis). While with the growth of scales over the 
nectary of a less size than G is a suggestion of resemblance to 
k. vepens and others. With the disappearance of petals and 
* The ‘petaloid’ wing is shown.in blank on the drawing. 
1913 Aug. I. 
