Text-book of botany, morphological and physiological . Fic;. 400.—Diagram of Alisniacerc ; .-i Butomus, B Alisina. Fig. 401.—Diagram of Triglochin (Juncaginea). especially in small closely crowded flowers, as those of Spadiciflora^, Glumiflorse, &c.,that so great a reduction of the typical number of members is observed ; while inlarger and more isolated flowers the number of members in each whorl is usuallycomplete or even excessive (as Butomus and Hydrocharis), and deviations usually resultfrom petals (or petaloid staminodes) being formed in the place of fertile stamens{e. g. Scitamineae). Wi

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Text-book of botany, morphological and physiological . Fic;. 400.—Diagram of Alisniacerc ; .-i Butomus, B Alisina. Fig. 401.—Diagram of Triglochin (Juncaginea). especially in small closely crowded flowers, as those of Spadiciflora^, Glumiflorse, &c.,that so great a reduction of the typical number of members is observed ; while inlarger and more isolated flowers the number of members in each whorl is usuallycomplete or even excessive (as Butomus and Hydrocharis), and deviations usually resultfrom petals (or petaloid staminodes) being formed in the place of fertile stamens{e. g. Scitamineae). With reference to the abortion which is often carried to sogreat an extent in small flowers, it may in certain cases even be doubtful whether

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