THE BULB BOOK 



by cultivation and selection, but in many instances " cresting " has 

 become a fixed character, as in the Persian Cyclamen. 



There is one unusual peculiarity about the tuberous Begonias 

 worth recording. The flowers, as is well known, are monoecious 

 that is, the male (or staminate) and the female (or pistillate) 

 flowers are quite distinct from each other although borne_ on the 

 same plant. The stamens are borne in one flower; the pistils in 



the other. It sometimes happens, 

 however, that both organs (sta- 

 mens and pistils) appear in the 

 same blossom, as shown in the 

 drawing (Fig. 30). It has also 

 been recorded that a staminate 

 or male flower has been observed 

 to possess an ovary. In the 



PiQ. 80. — Begonia flower with stamens and 

 pistils (liermapiirodite). 



Fig. 31.— Lilium, showing two divided and 

 one normal style. (|.) 



Fig. 32. — Fankia, showing three plants 

 germinating from one seed. 



species known as B. umbraculifera (see Bot. Mag. t. 7457), bisexua 

 flowers are recorded. 



Coming to the gynceeeum or female portion of the flower, aberra 

 tions from the normal also occur. Fig. 31 shows the style anc 



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