no Barber . — On a change of Flowers to 
occurring in many floral axes, and notably in the inflorescence 
of the fig. 
Fig. 1 3 represents the germination of one of these tubers. 
It was planted in November in the Cambridge Gardens and 
drawn again on March i. It is of interest to note that the 
first leaf formed is exactly similar in shape to the first 
leaf formed in the germination of the seed of the same 
species. The leaves next following pass very rapidly to the 
mature form, not, as in the seed, through many gradations. 
(Cf. Figs. 13 a, b, c, and Fig. 14.) Fig. 15, finally, represents 
another tuber also drawn on March 1, which shows that the 
axillary buds, developed among the leaves of the receptacle, 
do not all perish. One of these buds has put forth a runner, 
and is developing at a slight distance from the bud of the 
main axis. 
At the date of writing (June 20), the plant of Fig. 13 has 
attained to a considerable size, and has already borne five 
buds, all of which are developing into tubers. Three of these 
present the early appearances of the buds described in this 
paper. In one, which was found lying on the surface of the 
soil, at the end of a short peduncle, the four calyx-leaves were 
attenuated and scale-like, not half enclosing the swelling tuber. 
Lastly, one specimen was found in the soil, borne by a short 
peduncle, and presenting a slight resemblance to such a tuber 
as that of the potato. There was a marked diminution in 
size of the sepaloid and other leaves growing upon this tuber h 
Similar Cases in Nymphaea. 
Peculiarities of a similar nature have been observed before 
in Nymphaea Loins. Thus in Masters’ Teratology, 1869, the 
following passage occurs on page 277, under Chloranthy : 
‘ Specimens of Nymphaea I.otus have been seen in which all 
1 A month later, on July 17, there appeared upon this same plant, much to my 
surprise, a full-blown beautiful white flower with the usual characteristics of N. 
Lotus. This is the only case I know of, in which a flower has developed fully, 
since the early summer of 1887 (see p. 108). No other flower has appeared 
(Nov. 1889). 
