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they were imbricated vertically in a single row, as is repre- 

 sented in the accompanying magnified figure of a portion of 

 the lower part of the flower. 



From this description it appears that the male organs 

 were converted partially into female, by the addition of 

 ovula to their base, and that the ovaria themselves indicated 

 no disposition to assume the functions of males, but were 

 nearly obliterated. 



This and other circumstances have therefore led me to 

 conclude, as has been already stated, that the same laws 

 which govern the production of the various organs of vege- 

 tation, exercise an undeviating influence upon their trans- 

 formation also ; that the latter consequently proceeds upwards 

 in the order of developement, or from circumference to centre, 

 and that the popular opinion held upon this subject is not 



