Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of PlantsMasters, Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden)
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Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Masters, Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden)
Plants -- Abnormalities
Sepalody of petals, 282--Petalody of calyx, calycanthemy,
283--Petalody of stamens, 285--Of anther, 291--Of connective,
293--Compound stamens, 294--Petalody of pistils, 296--Of ovules,
297--Of accessory organs, 297--Staminody of the bracts, 298--Of
sepals and petals, 298--Of pistils, 299--Of accessory organs,
301--Pistillody of perianth, 302--Of sepals, 302--Of stamens,
303--Of ovules, 310.
PART IV.--HETEROMORPHY 311
CHAPTER I.
DEFORMITIES 311
Formation of tubes, 312--In flower, 314--Spurs, 315--Contortion,
316--Spiral torsion, 319--Of leaf, 326--Adventitious tendrils,
326--Interrupted growth, 327--Cornute leaves, 328--Flattening,
328.
CHAPTER II.
POLYMORPHY 329
Heterophylly, 330--Dimorphism, 333--Sports or bud-variations,
336.
CHAPTER III.
ALTERATIONS OF COLOUR 337
Albinism, 337--Virescence, 338--Chromatism, 339.
BOOK III.
DEVIATIONS FROM ORDINARY NUMBER 340
PART I.--INCREASED NUMBER OF ORGANS 343
CHAPTER I.
MULTIPLICATION OF AXILE ORGANS--INFLORESCENCE 346
Multiplication of branches, 346--Plica, 346--Polyclady,
347--Multiplication of branches of inflorescence, 348--Of bulbs,
350--Of florets, 351.
CHAPTER II.
MULTIPLICATION OF FOLIAR ORGANS 352
Pleiophylly, 353--Multiplication of stipules, bracts, &c.,
357--Polyphylly, 358--Increased number of leaves in a whorl,
358--Polyphylly of bracts, 358--Of calyx, 358--Of corolla,
359--Of androecium, 361--Of gynoecium, 363--Of flower in
general, 365--Increased number of ovules and seeds, 367--Of
embryos, 369--Of cotyledons, 370--Pleiotaxy, or multiplication
of whorls, 371--Pleiotaxy of bracts, 371--Of calyx, 374--Of
perianth, 375--Of corolla (hose in hose), 376--Androecium,
379--Androecium of Orchids, 380--Pleiotaxy of gynoecium,
388--Increased number of flowers in an inflorescence, 391.
PART II.--DIMINISHED NUMBER OF ORGANS 392
CHAPTER I.
SUPPRESSION OF AXILE ORGANS 393
Acaulosia, 393--Non-development of peduncle, 393--Nature of
calyx-tube (Casimir de Candolle), 394--Suppression of columella,
395.
CHAPTER II.
SUPPRESSION OF FOLIAR ORGANS 395
Aphylly, 395--Meiophylly, 396--Of calyx or perianth, 396--Of
corolla, 397--Of androecium, 398--Of gynoecium, 399--Of
flower, 400--Meiotaxy, 403--Of calyx, 403--Of corolla, 403--Of
androecium, 405--Of gynoecium, 406--Of ovules or seeds,
407--Of flower, 408--General remarks on suppression, 409.
BOOK IV.
DEVIATIONS FROM ORDINARY SIZE AND CONSISTENCE 413
PART I--HYPERTROPHY 416
CHAPTER I.
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