. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 93 eral carpels ripened from a single flower. The truth of the matter can be ascertained only by a visit to the locality when the plants are in flower, and this must wait for another spring. The locality is so definitely marked, however, that it will be easy to visit again, and we expect to make sure at a later date. In any event, this find carries Gray's observation somewhat further, as we now know that the plant not only may have from two to six car- pels in a flower, but, as our illustration shows
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 93 eral carpels ripened from a single flower. The truth of the matter can be ascertained only by a visit to the locality when the plants are in flower, and this must wait for another spring. The locality is so definitely marked, however, that it will be easy to visit again, and we expect to make sure at a later date. In any event, this find carries Gray's observation somewhat further, as we now know that the plant not only may have from two to six car- pels in a flower, but, as our illustration shows, several carpels on a single plant may ripen fruits on occasion. The several fruited form is apparentlynot an example of mere freakishness on the part of a single specimen for we found a large number of examples in an area several rods square, and assume it to be a common character- istic of the species in the locality. Since the plant spreads rapidly by means of its underground stems or rootstocks, it is possible that all the examples discovered originally came from one aberrant speci- men, but if so, this form must have been growing here for a long time. The greatest number of fruits found on one plant was five, but two and three fruits were common. In cases when more than three were found, one or more of the fruits were usually somewhat dwarfed. We are of the opinion that this multi-fruited form is a true elementary species and if in need of a name might be known in future as Podophylluin peltatum Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. Clute & Co.
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