mi CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ClEISTOKAMIC FLOWlillS. 



General character of cleistogamioflowers— List of the genera pro- 

 ducing such flowers, and their distribution in the vegetable 

 series — ^Viola, description of the cleistogamic flowers in the 

 several species ; their fertility compared with that of the perfect 

 flowers — Oxalis acetosella — 0. sensitiva, three forms of cleisto- 

 gamic fJowers — yandeUia-T-Ononis — Impatiens — ^Drosera — Mis- 

 cellaneous observations on various other cleistogamic plants — 

 Anemophilous species producing cleistogamic flowers — ^Leersia, 

 perfect flowers rarely developed — Summary and concluding 

 remarks on the origin of cleistogamic flowers — The chief con- 

 clusions which may be drawn from the observations in this 

 volume Page 310-345 



Index 346-353 



