TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 
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Sometimes, when only one colour is present, ami of uniform intensity in all the 
[wes, the odd lobe has spots, or streaks of white. The odd lobe, therefore, in 
crtgular flowers, is distinguished from the others not merely by size, form and 
tuition, but also by its colour. Papilionacese, Labinta*, Scrophularincte. 8cc. are 
omples. In some cases, as Gloxinia, Achimcnes, Rhododendron, &e., in which 
-tiuhrity of flower is less marked, the two pieces on each side of the add lobe 
?* rtak ? of its character as regards colour. In some thalamitloroui Kxo- 
. e .!* r i5 oniun ?, Tropseolum, vKscnlus), &c„ with irregularity of flower, owing 
i \ d ' fferen « in the size of the pieces, the largest arc most highly coloured. 
wh'nfMufv l OI 7P 8 fl °, corolIa > n the same inflorescence often present differ. 
bat al1 of thc same form have the same colour. The Comim-ota* are 
n^in . . tber ° are two colourH, the flowers of thc centre have one colour and 
tactht other 'colour^'' Thp^fi of the circumference also agree in this respect* hut 
•wthedong i n SfV The ?. rst 1&WB P tcva1 * «« monocotyledons as well as in 
tratrire, shape and ifST r caI ^ an(l , coru,,h generally resemble each ether in 
" «ooeotvlSms fli-in < S°?. r ^ S ?\ fhe , * w t,f !he contrasts is therefore simpler 
b| * u ^» three and 1,n d ‘® ot y le ^?ns. The former may be symbolized by the 
ZJ It ““"bers in .he flower; ’the latter by thc 
>05) figure c(irr’o8non«t U i>h ht ‘ ° r beia * the P rcvnlcnt numbers. Sim- 
‘ -^'butyaf colour anilIf 7 *** s »“pkr contrast of colour in the one, while greater 
tlirect rc,ation h ‘ lht ' «thcr. * 
dicotyledons* un* ti ^™T mrt ', thert / . ha8 bc ‘ e[ ‘ progressive increase of 
.^•'vith greater n K , m i5enceh,^ 9 ( Pp ° C : ‘ . Al ? 0n S thein " v lin(1 floral 
nu P‘ial dress*’ o P f the nW i« v f ? nn . ftnd colnur - atul »«cli prominence of 
Jf * wllicl > have aSned ?heL P m«i'S il . rcaturo , of «I»ectee belonging to natural 
lt their raaximura ,n roan * epoch, and are characteristic 
V5?? YoSsT tS! to the adornment of an African dress, exhibited by 
^** produced 1 •P ecl “ of closely resembling 
prouuct known under the name of Job’s Tears. 
Sr's Gl T dS ° fRubiacca2 - B 'J G - Lawsok. 
<•5^ out by Dr Weddell ll oM> ^ mt f er P etiolar 8,l P ul( ’ 9 of Rubia- 
have regarded this ni' 7 T®’ * f W years a 6° l)r - Weddell 
*^S° f ! he 0t ^r teSVi nk “ fea U -' i ° l 8tructurc “f iotlv limited to 
^SS ?$«*** plants vid I nt '. t i on * ,Bta chiefly of arborescent 
conclusion, that the bo eftlM° Ua *! arka ; but Mr * Dawson's ohser- 
,lr der, g*®'™ a 8t therefore be reMrdftd glands are eijually pre. 
OOfflf Q, _ — . - 
f3£*W £.«■* «rf Fir,. 
tole ft,and Pmesaa d firs ■ , . Co8H > ^L.D., Belfast 
Molh « «t Proc^i^° ft ^«^rf^* P TO* d j Dg fron 
u r*gnt, these by their intersec 
