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ABNORMAL FLOWERS OF THE FOXGLOVE. 
ETHEL M. POULTON, MSc., 
Technical College, Huddersfield. 
The common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea L.) has a decided 
tendency to exhibit abnormal forms, and a number of sports 
have from time to time been described. Mr. E. Snelgrove, 
in an article on “ Peloria in Plants” (The Naturalist, 1909, 
page 132) mentions and figures a case of peloria in the Fox- 
Fig. I.—Inflorescence of Foxglove with abnormal flowers. 
glove, and Miss Saunders, in ‘‘ The New Phytologist” (Vol. X., 
page 47), describes a mutation of the Foxglove in which the 
stamens appeared to replace some or all of the petals. In 
both papers references will be found to other occurrences of 
abnormal Foxglove flowers. The specimen now described 
was found early in July near Dob Park Bridge, about three 
miles from Otley, by a scholar of the North Parade Council 
School, Otley. It was sent to Dr. T. W. Woodhead for exam- 
ination, and at his suggestion I made a detailed study of the 
flowers, which show several points of interest. 
1913 Sept. 1. 
