nt of the transitional stages between the
ordinary papilionaceous condition and the regular form which is
like that of a Rosaceous plant. The peloric form is stated to
be transmitted by seed.

For other references see Moq.-Tandon, 'El. Terat. Veget.,' p.
186. Hallier, 'Phytopathol.,' p. 151.

FOOTNOTES:

[232] 'Amoen. Acad.,' i, p. 55, t. iii (1744):--The following note
refers to Linne's notion that these forms were due to hybridization. It
is extracted from Gmelin's edition of the 'Systema Naturae,' 1791, p.
931. "_Linariae_ proles hybrida, ejusdemque qualitatis et constans,
radicibus infinite sese multiplicans charactere fructificationis
diversissima, corolla regulari, quinque-corniculata, pentandra, ut genus
proprium absolute constitueret et distinctissimum, nisi fructus
frequentissime abortiret. Naturae prodigium. Ita quidem a Linne.
Verisimilor autem videtur ea opinio, quae peloriam pro peculiari
degeneratione monstrosa floris habet, in quam inclinare hoc genus
(Linaria) prae aliis, similis a forma deflexio in aliis speciebus, e.g.
_spurio Elatine_, _cymbalaria_, observata, ... Merk., 'Goett. gel.
Anz.,' 1774, n. 121. Linck, 'Annal. Naturg.,' i, p. 32."

[233] 'Bull. Acad. Belg.,' xviii, part i, p. 591. Lobelia, p. 137.

[234] See also Seringe, 'Esquisse d'une Monogr. du genre _Aconitum_,' p.
124.

[235] Schlotterbec, 'Act. Helvet.,' t. ii, pl. i, Roeper. Balsam, p. 10,
note.

[236] Masters. "Peloria, &c., _Ophrys aranifera_," 'Journ. Linn. Soc.,'
viii, p. 207.

[237] Godron, "Mem. sur les Fumariees a fl. irreg.," 'Ann. Sc. Nat.,'
ser. 5, vol. ii, tab. xvii, p. 280.

[238] 'Bull. Soc. Bot. France,' vol. v, 1858, p. 701.

[239] 'Bull. Soc. Bot. France,' vol. vi, 1859, p. 717.

[240] 'Variation of Anim. and Plants,' ii, p. 70.

[241] Loc. cit., p. 59.

[242] 'Theor. Elem.,' ed. 2, p. 266.

[243] Cited in 'Bull. Soc. Bot. France,' vol. xiii (Rev. Bibl.), p. 81.

PART III.

METAMORPHY.

Much of the objection with which Goethe's famous essay on the
'Metamorphosis of Plants' was met on its publication may be traced to a
misapprehension of the sense in which Goethe employed the word. As used
by him, it had nearly the same signification as now applied to the word
development by organogenists. It does not necessarily imply that there
has been a change in any particular organ, but rather that there has
been, to some extent, a change in the plan of construction, in
acco