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Fig. %f. Vertical section of the same. 



Fig. 4. Fruit of Sweet Briar, sliowing a leaf springing from the middle of the outer surface. 



Fig. 5. Aquilegia. Adventitious flower on the end of a stalk, proceeding from the midst of the normal 



whorl of carpels, one of which latter has been removed. 

 Fig. 6«. Campanula. Outer view of flower, showing the absence of the inferior ovary. 

 Fig. 6 b. Section of the same flower, showing the adventitious bud in its centre, free from the calyx. 

 Fig. Qc. Another flower with styles partially united into a tube surrounding an adventitious bud. 

 Fig. &d. Vertical section of another flower of Campanula, showing the presence of an adventitious bud 



detached from the calyx, surrounded by the styles, and having an adherent ovary in the usual 



position. 

 Fig. 7. Fuchsia. Sepals and petals leaf-like, bent downwards, to show the central column consisting of 



stamens variously changed, and adherent to a superior, open carpel, the style of which bears an 



anther on its margin. 



