BOOK IV.

DEVIATIONS FROM ORDINARY SIZE AND CONSISTENCE 413

PART I--HYPERTROPHY 416

CHAPTER I.

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.