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The foregoing facts suggested that the perfect flower is an 
abnormal one, produced by favorable conditions of nutrition; and 
that therefore it does not indicate a general tendency. 
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Fics. 2-6.—D. Kaki: fig. 2, longitudinal section of a young staminate flower of 
no. 1; fig. 3, transverse section of a young staminate flower of no. 1, with calyx 
removed; fig. 4, longitudinal section of a perfect flower of no. 1, with calyx removed; 
o. 8 verse section of the lower part of a pistillate flower of no. 4, showing the 
8 anthers and a pistil; fig. 6, flower of no. 4: a, radial section of a young pistillate 
flower through the two large opposite protrusions; 5, longitudinal section through the 
two initial papillae on the large protrusion. 
