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Note . 
Intermediate stages between the honey-glands and the stamens were not found, nor 
were such intermediate stages between sepals and honey-glands seen as are described 
and figured by Masters, ( Vegetable Teratology’, p. 23, Fig. 9. In the abnormal 
flowers no completely normal stamens were observed, but interesting transitions 
between stamens and carpels were noted. Of these the most interesting are figured. 
Many of the stamens (as in Fig. 7) had each two well-formed lobes, but above these 
projected an elongation of the connective. A specially interesting condition is seen 
in Fig. 8, where an organ is depicted with both pollen-producing tissue and several 
ovules. Pollen grains, some of which appeared fully normal in shape and size, were 
obtained from one of these stamen-carpels. The pollen-tissue indicated the bilobed 
condition of a perfect anther, while the ovules, always found above it, were exposed 
to view, but arose from the sides of a hood-like hollow. The organ terminated in 
what must be regarded as the equivalent of a style. Several of these stamen-carpels 
showed what seem to be both elongated connective and style. Thus in Fig. 1 1 two 
obvious but separated anther-lobes are seen, and from between them an elongated 
connective arises. The upper part of the organ is an open carpel, with several 
ovules, and terminates in a well-marked style. Fig. 12 shows a very similar condi- 
tion, seen from the side, but the connective is very much elongated almost to an equal 
height with the style. It is to be noted that normally the anthers are introrse, and in 
the stamen-carpels the introrse pollen-tissue and ovules were both borne on the 
adaxial face of the organ. In other words, the Figs. 3, 7, 8, and 9 have the inner 
(adaxial) face showing. A stage which can only be described as a carpel split down 
the adaxial (ventral) suture is seen in Fig. 9. Many similar examples with the slit 
