370 Bower.- — On Generations in Plants. 
and function of their parts : a step would thus be made 
towards a system of morphology which must be regarded as 
the ideal, viz. one based upon descent, the homologies being 
those of strictly lineal kinship. 
POSTSCRIPT. 
After the above was written the MS. of the late Mr. Vaizey’s 
paper, as printed below (p. 371), came to my hands: I had 
been present in 1887, at the meeting when this paper was 
read, but was surprised on reading it afresh to find how closely 
his views there expressed coincided with my own as laid down 
in the above pages. How far his paper served to suggest the 
line of thought here followed out I am unable to state at this 
distance of time, but I wish here to point out that the views 
above enunciated at length by myself coincide substantially 
with those on the seventh page of his paper of 1887. Under 
the circumstances it is satisfactory that the Editors have de- 
cided to print the paper at length, and so do justice to the 
memory of Mr. Vaizey. 
F. O. B. 
June , 1890 . 
