69. A case of Lateral Floral Prolification of the 



Inflorescence of the Pinc-appic 

 Ananas sativus Schult. . 



By A. T. Gage. 



In July 1907 Mr. P. C. Coomar of Calcutta sent to me from 



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Journal and Proceedings, New series. Vol. //, No. 4, 1907, 

 Page 206, line 26, read Y. Sam 1217 insiead of 1227. 



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208, line 30, read A.D, 1442 instead of 1446. 

 214, line 9, read saka 1514 instead of 1574. 

 214, line 42, 7^ead saka 1530 instead of 1630. 

 219, line 31, read A.D. 1718 iWear! of 1698. 



^^as apafT tiomyb^mj — -j)ro 

 florescence is stated by Masters in his Vegetable Teratologj to 

 be the commonest of all tlie deyiations from the no»mal as far as 

 the inflorescence is concerned. He gives a list of orders an^l 

 genera in which the phenomenon has been most frequently 

 observed, but, as naturally most of the observations recorded 

 have been made by botanists residing in the cool temperate 

 regions of the g1ob=*, it is not sorprising that Bioaieliaceae are 

 absent from the list. Nov have I seen any reference to a case 

 of the abnormab"fcy in the pine-apple, in such literature of Terato- 

 'og7 as I liave been able to consult; so that a description of the 

 present case seems justified. 



