Descriptive catalogue of the teratological series in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum
Date:
1893
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Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the teratological series in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ducing them was stated to bear them in large numbers year after year. Presented hy Mrs. Ringer. 850. Syncarpic fruits of Apple arising from the union of two fruits. Presented hy Prof. Oliver. 851. Section of syncarpic Apples. 852. A similar section. 853. A similar section. 854. Union of two fruits of Cucumber along one side of their entire length. Presented hy Mr. Bisley Roharts. 855. Fasciated Vegetable Marrow. Presented hy J. Gay, Esq., 1877. 856. Two Grourds on a single peduncle united by fusion of their sarcocarps. Presented hy W. J. B. Smith, 1858. 857. Fasciation and synanthy of a Cucumber ; five fruits are closely united. 858. Two small Cucumbers on a single peduncle, adherent through their entire length and cut through transversely to show the manner in which they are united. Presented hy W. J. B. Smith, Esq. 859. Two Cucumbers similarly united throughout two thirds of their length. Presented hy W. CUft, Esq., 1829. 860. Two Cucumbers similarly united ; the growth of one has, however, been arrested at a very early stage. Iltinterian. 861. A section of three Cucumbers similarly united. Presented hy Mr. E. flornihloiv, 1875. 862. Three Grapes united by fusion of their sarcocarps. Presented hy Mr. J. Geoghan, 1885. 863. Three Spanish Nuts (Corylus) united by their pericarps : union seems to have taken place during the later stages of development, as it is not complete, and the adjacent portions of the pericarps are flattened, A section has been made through the nuts. [The condition may have arisen from the development of the two carpels usually suppressed.] Presented hy Prof. Flower, 1871.
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