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142 species it not unfrequently does by the addition of one or more inner series, the rudiments of an analogous disk are produced along with each of the additional series.

Yet, in opposition to this view, I have in a single instance found one of the divisions of the urceolus in Pæonia Moutan changed into an anthera; and the divisions of the apparently analogous organ in Aquilegia, which in their usual state resemble barren filaments, have sometimes been observed with perfect antheræ.