88 FEUIT BBANCHES. 



In Fig. XXIII. the change advances further, and in another 

 direction. That dislocation of the rings of parts belonging to 

 the flower, which was so visible in the two last cases, is here 

 carried stiU further ; and, in addition, two of the young parts 

 near the middle of the whole structure have each formed in 



Fig. XXIII.— Transformed Pear. 



their axil one bud, which has become a deformed flower, and 

 produced a deformed Peair. No organ of the plant, except 

 leaves and their modifications, has the power of producing a 

 flower from its axU. 



The following additional illustrations of these facts may be mentioned : — 

 Fig. XXIV, represents a branch, of a Pear in which, one flower (a) is in a 

 deformed state, but still sufficiently recognisable, and another completely 

 changed into a branch ; the calyx assuming the appearance of leaves or 

 leafy scales (« s), the petals also partially transformed into leaves {pp)f 

 while the whole apparatus of stamens and pistils is converted into an 



