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same thing had happened to the perianth-leaves of a 

 snowdrop {Galanthus niralif:) which had also become 

 erect instead of spreading, and there was no difference 

 either in shape or colour between those of the inner 

 and outer whorl. 



As in the case of the calyx, according to the degree 

 of change will be the greater or less resemblance of 

 the modified petals to the foliage-leaves of the same 



Tig. 118. —Rosa damascena (Garden Eose) . Showing normal calyx (ca), 

 phyllody of petals (p), and proliferation into a secondary flower (fl?). 

 (Mingay photo.) 



plant. The instances given above represent merely 

 early stages in this change, which is usually spoken of 

 as " virescence." As Masters points out, this term 

 must be also applied to such cases as that of the 

 "nasturtium" {Tropseolum majus) in which the fron- 

 descent petals had not the peltate form of the foliage- 

 leaves, but were spathulate, though with long stalks ; 

 but in other cases their venation was more like that of 

 true leaves than of petals. The petals of Cruciferge, 

 as Tubeuf mentions, often become green and much 



