Jan., 1906.] 
Some Notes on Marty nia. 
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and of somewhat different shape. Along the inferior side of the 
corolla tube and extending into the inferior lobe is a group of 
usually five orange colored stripes, which I call the “lyra.” The 
stamens are four, in two pairs, arranged so that the four large 
anthers are contiguous in two pairs and adjacent to the upper 
arch of the corolla. There is also an upper median, short 
stamen-vestige, usually somewhat bent to the right or left. 
These well known details are given for a better understanding 
of the variations noted below: 
1. Small, more or less abortive, flowers appear late in Sept, 
and Oct. ; but it is remarkable that such were from the first on 
the same spike with and among large, perfect flowers, without 
intermediate forms. Later with cooler weather and slow 
growth they became numerous. The corolla was onlv 20-30 
mm. long and the lobes, always of the normal number, were quite 
small and not at all or little spread out. The colors were paler 
than in the large flowers. The stamens were nearly straight or 
irregularlv curved, isolated and not joining above and the anthers 
were small, pale, more or, less abortive, yet usually bearing some 
pollen. The vestigial stamen was always present and the calyx 
of the usual shape but comparatively somewhat larger than the 
corolla. At least part of the flowers were fructescent, as the 
ovularies grew so far as the weather permitted. The bumble 
bees are regular visitors of the flowers and the latter mav have 
been pollinated from the large perfect flowers. 
2. In some cases there is only one upper lobe of the corolla 
and not a trace of the stamen vestige; otherwise corolla, sta- 
mens, and calyx are normal. Over a dozen such flowers were 
seen on a few plants during 1905. 
3. One flower, observed Aug. 31, 1905, was very abnormal. 
There were four corolla lobes, apparently an upper, lower, and 
two lateral, yet the whole upper part of the corolla appeared 
to be wanting. The lower part had the usual “lyra” and the 
right and left sides and lobes each with faint lyra markings. 
There were four stamens spreading and curving about irreg- 
ularly with the anthers arranged T-shape on the filaments rather 
than lengthwise. There was no trace of an upper stamen 
vestige. The calyx was divided irregularly into two parts down 
to the pedicel, a smaller portion consisting of one lobe on the 
right, upper side and a larger one with three somewhat rudi- 
mentary lobes. The fruit resulting from this flower is also 
abnormal; the pod is straight, of the same formation above and 
below; the projecting crest on the upper side is wanting; both 
halves of the beak are curved to the left. 
4. In some otherwise normal flowers, the upper stamen 
vestige grows to one-third and even to fullv the length of the 
other stamens, and has a more or less well developed anther 
sometimes even with some pollen. 
