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either altogether rndinientai-y, ov liad the anthers apparently 

 aborted. The other four had large anthers on sh(jrt filaments. 

 The four car[)els, in place of being in contact, were conrpletely 

 free, and instead of liavmg four united styles, as in the 

 normal flower, with a single stigma, the cleistogamic flower 



Fit4. 67. Slelicope simple.x (life size). 



had four more or less distinct styles. Tlie flowers were pen- 

 dulous, and probably the pollen matured early, and was shed 

 into the apex of the corolla, thus reaching the stigma. As the 

 filaments were shorter than the ovary, it was impossible for 

 the pollen to pass directly from anther to stigma. 



This plant, like several other New Zealand species, is fou.nd 

 sometimes with hermaphrodite, sometimes with dioecious 



