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composition ; an interesting feature of it is the occur- 

 rence of a petal on the side opposite the labellnm. 

 Then there is the case of the abnormal sweet 



Fig. 71. — Narcissus poeticus (Pheasant's-eye). Fasciated ovary, 

 the equivalent of seven ovaries. 



pea (Lathyrus odoratus) described in the ' Gardeners' 

 Chronicle,' which is an excellent instance of multiple 

 forking ( = fasciation) within a common calyx and part 

 of a common corolla ; there was present the equivalent 



Fig. 72. — Cypripedium callosum. Incomplete bifurcation into two 

 flowers ; an extra posterior sepal ; a posterior petal ; and two 

 staminodes. Possibly a case of synanthy. s, sepals ; p, petals ; 

 I, labellum ; A 1 , staminode, 



of four or five flowers, that number of pistils and of 

 stamen- and petal-groups being present. 



In some abnormal male cones of Welwitschia collected 

 by the writer in Damaraland several flowers each con- 



