366 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC: 
§ 342, 
Flos prolifer. Sule flower’ is that ie one 
flower is contained within another. This mostly 
occurs in full flowers. They are of a double kind, 
according as they are ae in simple, or’ In com- 
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In simple flowers, a stem rises from tne pistit 
which buds and flowers. This stem is scarcely ever 
covered with leaves, and seldom more’ than ‘one 
flower grows from another. Instances of this kind 
are, the pinclove, the ranunculus, anemone, roses, 
the Geum rivale, and ‘Cardamine pratensis. 
This deformity, however, is of a different kind in 
compound flowers. For in them a number of stems 
rise from the receptacle, which -all bear ‘flowers. 
As instances of this deformity I shall name, ‘Sca- 
biosa, Bellis, Calendula and Hieracium. 
Inthe Uinbellatae something similar has likewise 
been observed, to wit, one umbel growing out of the 
other, or, what I once: myself saw in Heracleum 
Sphondylium; the tallstem had: on its ‘extreme poe 
green leaves and small umbels. » ? 
Prolific flowers are a great curiosity, but they never 
have perfect seeds. I saw it only once in.a lemon, on 
the apex of which a stem rose with’ another lemon. 
{ doubt indeed if there be any Lahore Honits, the 
lemon excepted. : 
In such fruits, However, when the common re- 
ceptacle grows larger, an appearance like that of 
prolific fruits is often met with. Thus have I re- 
peatedly 
