Vegetable Teratology / An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants

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THE
RAY SOCIETY.
INSTITUTED MDCCCXLIV.
This volume is issued to the Subscribers to the RĵΏ SLjŕƗŧǵΏ
for the Year 1868.

LONDON:
MDCCCLXIX.
VEGETABLE TERATOLOGY,
AN ACCOUNT
OF THE
PRINCIPAL DEVIATIONS FROM THE USUAL
CONSTRUCTION OF PLANTS
BY
MAXWELL T. MASTERS, M.D., F.L.S.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY

E. M. WILLIAMS.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE RAY SOCIETY BY
ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192. PICCADILLY.
MDCCCLXIX.
TO
JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, M.D.,
D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., ETC. ETC.
DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW,
This Volume
IS
GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION xxi

BOOK I.
DEVIATIONS FROM ORDINARY ARRANGEMENT 1
PART I.—UƿƗLjƿ Ljż OǡƄĵƿǪ 8
CHAPTER I.
CLjƒŧǪƗLjƿ 9
Cohesion between axes of same plant, 9—Fasciation,
11—Cohesion of foliar organs, 21—Of margins of
single organs, 21—Tubular petals, 23—Cohesion of
several organs by their margins, 25—Of the sepals, 27
—Of the petals, 28—Of the stamens, 29—Of the pistils,
29—Ascidia or pitchers, 30.
CHAPTER II.
AŠƒŧǪƗLjƿ 32
Adhesion of foliar organs, 32—Of leaves by their
surfaces, 33—Of foliar to axile organs, 34—Of sepals
to petals, 34—Of stamens to petals, 34—Of stamens to
pistils, 35—Miscellaneous adhesions, 35—Of fruit to
branch, 36—Synanthy, 36—Syncarpy, 45—Synspermy,
50—Between axes of different plants of same species,
50—And of different species, 55—Synophty.
PART II.—IƿŠŧǙŧƿŠŧƿŕŧ Ljż OǡƄĵƿǪ 58
CHAPTER I.
FƗǪǪƗLjƿ 59
Fission of axile organs, 60—Of foliar organs, 61—Of
petals, 66—Of stamens, 68—Of carpels, 68.
CHAPTER II.
DƗĵƯΏǪƗǪ 69

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