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was the result of an injury by some external agent. There was, 
however, no sign of fungus, and Mr. CG. O. Waterhouse, who 
kindly examined the specimens, found no trace of any animal 
organism; he pointed out, however, that the appearance was 
Fr. xxvi. 297), where the flowers were replaced by vegetative buds 
very similar in appearance to those on our specimen, but in 
organisms. His suggestion that the sport, as he regarded it, was 
worth cultivating is also in conformity with the attractive appear- 
ance of our specimens. 
These examples of replacement of flowers by decorative leaf- 
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indication of stamens; the four petals are sepaloid, being free 
to the base, and resembling the four sepals in form, except that 
in his Enchiridion, and, as Mr. Britten points out, has been re- 
ported at intervals from the same locality —Montmorency (Seine- 
et-Oise). 
SHUNNERS OF MAN. 
By E. Apriran Wooprurre-Pracock, F.L.S. 
WHEN a flora is studied minutely, and exact notes are taken 
in the field as a permanent record of the facts observed, as on the 
rock-soil method, it at once becomes clear that plants can easily 
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