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that the phenomenon of peloria in Viola primiilaefoUa as de- 

 scribed in this paper seems to involve not only a transformation 

 of the irregular or unsymmetrical flower to one that is regular 

 or symmetrical with respect to the transverse diameter of the 



Fig. 2. A handful of violet flowers gathered from the new strain of Viola 

 primulaefoUa. Notice the variations in the numbers and positions of the saccate 

 petals. 



peduncle but also a reduction in the number of component parts 

 of all of the floral envelopes, except the pistil, in which case the 

 number is definitely increased. Therefore, the peloric flowers 

 which are complete in their transformation including the changes 

 resulting in the uniformity in numbers of the constituent parts of 

 the floral whorls, may be described thus: 



