"Petaliform" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... modified, and the modifications transmitted; consequently, separate gemmules, according to our hypothesis, {383} must have been thrown off from each cell or part. But, as we sometimes see half an anther or a small portion of a filament becoming petaliform, or parts or mere stripes of the calyx assuming the colour and texture of the corolla, it is probable that with petals the gemmules of each cell are not aggregated together into a compound gemmule, but are freely and ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) • Charles Darwin |
