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1, 1865.] like the flower of a cowslip; and within this were five perfect stamens, and a perfect pistil.

Fig. 74.— a, External appearance.c, Inner Corolla opened. b, Calyx turned back, corolla removed, showing inner corolla.

Anemone nemorosa (fig. 75).—A very interesting specimen gathered near Cirencester

in 1849 or 1850. The flower was perfect in every respect, but there was an extra fully-developed petal produced amongst the three leaves below the flower, looking exactly as if it had fallen from the flower, and had been caught by the leaves. But there it grew, as firmly fixed as the leaves themselves, showing that the three cauline leaves in this plant are really part of the flower, and ought to be considered as calyx, the petals and other organs being elevated on a stalk, as is the case with the pistils only in Geum rivale. Similarly the involucre of Erianthus and some others may be considered as true calyces.

Linaria vulgaris (fig. 71).—Mobberly, Cheshire, 1848. A remarkably beautiful instance of what is called the peloria form of the flower