320 Hill . — On Variation in the Flowers 
corolla, which in turn was slightly more aberrant than the 
androecium. 
It has been noted that the flowers of P. vulgaris examined 
in the spring of ’98 were all normal as regards their pistils. 
On the other hand, those of this year (’ 99 ) showed many 
interesting abnormalities : these variations, however, were 
confined to the styles and stigmas, in no cases were any 
aberrations discovered in the ovary itself. 
Dealing with the stigma first ; twenty-eight flowers were 
seen having these organs definitely lobed, while in three cases 
they were lobed in a more irregular manner. That is, thirty- 
one variations were found out of a total of over 2,000 (Table I). 
TABLE I. 
LOBED STIGMAS. 
2- lobed. 
3- lobed. 
globed. 
Irregularly 
lobed. 
Short-styled flowers 
3 
4 
0 
2 
Long-styled flowers 
18 
1 
2 1 
1 
TABLE II. 
STYLES. 
No. of styles. 
2 
3 
4 
Short-styled 
0 
1 
0 
Long-styled 
6 3 
3 
1 
The stigmas lobed in a definite manner were constricted 
into two, three, or four lobes, the exact proportion of each 
kind being indicated in the accompanying Table (I), and 
illustrated by Nos. 1 and 2 (Fig. 20). 
1 One slightly so. 
3 Of these one had two flat stigmas and another one stigma longer than the 
other. 4 
