VARIETIES. 



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Colour is found so changeable in the same species, that it 

 must be considered as a variety only. 



In Flowers the colour is most variable, as in Tulipa,...Hepa- 

 tica,...Cyanus,... Campanula,... Aquilegi a,... Viola,... Galega, 

 ...Fumaria, and others, which it would be tedious to enumerate : 

 ...the most usual change is from hlue or red to white. The trifl- 

 ing distinctions which have been made by anthophili (fioristsj, 

 in some of the genera we have here instanced, from the colours 

 of the corollae, and to which they have given such pompous 

 names*, are most difficult to attain, and to be accomplished only 

 by a long attention to the subject. Much fashion reigns here. 



Fruits are observed to change their colour as they ripen; the 

 pericarpium, when it is a berry, changing from green to red, and 

 from red to white ; and in ripe fruits, the colour, whether white, 

 red, or blue, admits of variation, as in Pyrus,...Prunus,...Cera- 

 sus, and othersf. 



Seeds rarely vary in their colour, though there are instances 

 of it in Papaver,. ..Avena,. ..Phaseolus,. ..Pisum,. ..and Fab a J. 



* Phcebus, Triumphus Floras, 



Apollo, Pompa Flwce, 



A s troea , Splendor A sice, 



Daedalus, Corona Europce, 



Cupido, Gemma Hollandice. Author. 



f Solanum Guineense fructii nigerrimo (B.J 



Solanum Annuum baccis luteis (Dillen.J 



Solanum Judaicum baccis auranLiis (Dillen.J 



Rubus Vulgaris major fructu alio fRaj.J 



Ribes Vulgare acidum albas baccas ferens (J. B.J Author. 

 J Papaver Hortense nigro semine (C. BJ 



Papaver Hortense semine albo (C.B.J 



Avena Vulgaris et alba (C. B.J 



Avena Nigra (C. B.J 



Phaseolus Vulgaris fructu violaceo (TournJ 



Phaseolus VuLGARis/ntc^ ex rubro et ?iigro variegato (TournJ 



Phaseolus fructu albo venis 7iigris et lituris distincto (TournJ 



Pisum Maximum fructu nigra linea maculato (H. R. P.J 



Pisum Hortense fore fructzique variegato (C. B.J 



Faba ex rubiamdo colore purpurascente. Author. 



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