On an Abnormal Gynceceum in Stachys sylvatica. 139 
with a covering of long hairs, while in normal flowers the whole 
pistil is glabrous. This abnormal development of hairs, which was 
found in every flower, shows a step towards the phyllody seen in 
the pistil in the higher verticillasters. 
Fig. 16. Abnormal gynoecia of Stachys sylvatica. Inflorescence I. A, 
from lowest verticillaster ; B, from second and third verticillasters ; C, D, 
from fourth verticillaster; E, F, from fifth (uppermost) verticillaster. See 
Text. 
In the second and third verticillasters of I. (Fig. 16, B) the ovary 
has become still more enlarged and in some cases bears a sparse 
covering of hairs, while the style is as before densely hairy. 
In the next or highest false whorl but one (Fig. 16, C and D) the 
gynceceum has become considerably modified and shows well- 
marked phyllody, consisting of two hairy, more or less leaf-like 
carpels, united by their edges for more than half their length. In 
