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3- Aiitholysis and PJiyllody in Digi- 

 talis purpurea. — A garden fox-glove 

 had the campanulate corolla divided 

 almost to the base into three or four 

 irregular segments. The stamens were 

 regular, but the stigma lobes of the 

 pistils had reverted to a whorl of small 

 green leaves. 



4. Sepalody in LopJiantJius urtici- 

 folius. — In a specimen of this herb, 

 collected in the San Bernardino Mts., 

 all the flowers exhibit a retrogression 

 of the corolla to a second or inner 

 calyx. This pseudocalyx differs from 

 the true one only in the teeth, which 

 are very shortly acute, and are placed 

 alternately with the subulate teeth of 

 the calyx proper. The reversion of 

 the corolla was accompanied by a sup- 

 pression of the androecium. The 

 gynoecium was regular, except that 

 the ovaries were infertile. 



5. Compounding of the Spike in 

 Plantago lanceolata. — The normal in- 

 floresence of this plantain is a simple 

 cylindrical spike. Specimens collected 

 in Amador County, by Mr. Ernest 

 Braunton, have this broken up into V'^f 

 20-30 spikelets, growing from the 

 axis of the normal spike, and conglom- 

 erated into an irregular globose head, 

 an inch in diameter. 



6. Fascia (ion in some Cylindropiin- 

 tiae. — Fasciation is one of the com- 

 monest of monstrosities. It probably 



occurs in most, if not all of the round 



. ^ r\ L.- T 1 1 1 YiQ. 2. Retrosjression of Pistil 



Stemmed Opuntias. I have observed -, c ^ a ■ r- .■ 



^ and bepalody in Genttana vir- 



it in 0. bernardina, 0. eclnnocarpa and idula. 



