Bui. 444, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Plate IV. 
Transformations of Flowers of the Cranberry in Various Stages of Phyllody, 
Fig. 1.— Modifications of the transformation of flowers: a, The flower with green, abnormally shaped 
sepals and petals; the axis prolonged, bearing two whorls of small, green, leaflike bodies, the upper 
whorl with eight abnormal stamens, the lower also with stamens; 6, an enlarged view of a; c, the upper 
whorl of o, dissected, showing the abnormal floral organs. Within the outer whorl of four short, broad 
bodies, were four much malformed organs, showing the condition intermediate between an aborted 
petal and a stamen. Within this whorl were eight abnormal stamens and at the center a partially opened 
bud, with two small, partially developed leaflike organs. 
Fig. 2.— A shoot in which the flowers are still further transformed: a, All the parts of the flower except 
the stamens are green and more or less leaflike; b, an enlarged view of a, showing the condition of the 
stamens; c, a stage in which the parts, instead of being arranged in whorls, are more or less alternate 
or spiral; d, an enlarged view of c. There is no sign of stamens present in any of these groups of small, 
green, leaflike bodies in c, the stamens being apparently the last organ to disappear in the metamorphosis 
of the flower. 
