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
ENLARGEMENT 417
Of axile organs, 418--Knaurs, 419--Enlargement of buds, 420--Of
flower-stalk, 421--In pears, 423--Of placenta, 424--Of leaves,
426--Development of parts usually abortive, 427--Enlargement of
perianth, 428--Of androecium, 430--Of gynoecium, 430--Of
fruit, 431--Alterations of consistence, 432.
CHAPTER II.
ELONGATION 488
Elongation of root, 434--Of inflorescence, 434--Of
flower-stalks, 435--Of leaves, 437--Of parts of flower, 438--Of
thalamus and placenta, 440--Apostasis, 440.
CHAPTER III.
ENATION 443
Excrescences from axile organs, warts, 444--Enation from leaves,
445--From sepals, 448--From petals, 448--Catacorolla,
451--Enation from stamens, 453--From carpels, 453.
PART II.--ATROPHY 454
CHAPTER I.
ABORTION 455
Abortion of axile organs, 455--Of receptacle, 457--Of leaves,
458--Of perianth, calyx, and corolla, 460--Of stamens, 463--Of
pollen, 463--Of pistil, fruit, &c., 464--Of ovules,
466--Depauperated ferns, 466--General remarks, 467.
CHAPTER II.
DEGENERATION 470
Formation of scales, 470--Of hairs, 472--Of glands, 473--Of
tendrils, 473.
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.
General morphology of the leaf and axis, 476.--Homology,
476--Special morphology, 479--Calyx-tube, 480--Androecium,
482--Inferior ovary, 482--Placentation, 483--Structure of the
ovule, 484--Leaves of Conifers, 484--Relative position of
organs, 484--Law of alternation, 485--Co-relation,
486--Compensation, 488--Teratology and classification, 488.
APPENDIX.
Double flowers, varieties of, 491--Causes of production,
491--Relation to variegated foliage, 497--List of plants
producing, 499.
NOTE 508
INDEX TO SUBJECTS 511
INDEX OF NAMES OF PLANTS 517
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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