METAMORPHOSIS. 



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Supalody. — There is a second type of wheat-ear 

 carnation, sent by Mr. Chittenden, in which the leaves 

 composing the entire structure are, to judge by their 

 larger size and relatively greater breadth, sepals and 



Fig. 114.— Galantlms nivalis- (Snowdrop). Virescent flower (on right) 

 showing the following changes : All floral members transformed 

 into greenish leaves ; " inferior ovary " absent owing to solution of 

 perianth-leaves therefrom ; the pendulous flower has become erect. 

 A normal flower (on left) for comparison. (Mingay photo.) 



not bracts. The whole structure is also much less 

 elongated and much greater in diameter (PI. XLI, 



fig. i). 



Rendle describes flowers of the fine-leaved heath 

 (Erica cinerea) which consisted of nothing but great 

 numbers of red foliar organs which were probably 

 sepals. 



