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ferent seed source. But to obtain these, plants from widely dif- 

 ferent geographical sections or even wild plants from the native 

 habitat may need to be secured. 



A. B. Stout. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



AN ORTHOTROPOUS OVULE IN HYACINTHUS 



ORIENT ALIS L. 

 While sectioning ovaries of the hyacinth for embryo sacs one 

 ovary was found which shows two irregularities. One of the 

 ovules in the upper part of the ovary is orthotropous instead of 

 anatropous. This ovule, as figure i shows, is typical in all 

 other respects, the integuments, micropyle, nucellus, and embryo 



Fig. I 



sac being well formed and apparently functional. In the me- 

 dian portion of the ovary the carpels seem to be incompletely 

 fused and the placentas are slightly displaced (Fig. 2). Mas- 



