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WITH reference to the note in NATURE on autophyllogeny in a leaf of Papaya vulgaris, I wish to place on record another freak which I have more than once noticed in the Papeea or Papeeta, as we call Carica papaya out here. The plant is diœcious, the female being stumpy and her flowers and fruit sessile; the male plant, on the other hand, is tall and graceful, and the flowers depend from long stalks. The freak I have above alluded to consists in the presence of distinct and well-formed fruit on the male plant, and I regret I was unable, on both occasions, to secure the anomalous production for examination.
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HUTCHINSON, R. Autophyllogeny. Nature 18, 541 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018541b0
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