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number; a few narrow ones had yellow tips indicating that they 

 were transition forms between petals and stamens. True sta- 

 mens were absent in all flowers. 



Normal fleshy fruits have never been produced by either 

 group of transplanted specimens. After the petals had dropped, 

 a subglobose head of green leafy bracts developed but no fleshy 

 receptacle was observed. Since the bract-like structures bore 

 no seeds, it has been impossible to determine whether or not the 

 double-flowered wild strawberry is a true mutation. All plants 

 developing from runners, however, have continued to bear 

 double blossoms. 



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 Boulder, Colorado 



