Peloria

Most rubies come from Teshnos, but a few come from the Hungry Plateau, in Peloria, and the island of Teleos.

The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II 1992

Peloria, then, is especially interesting physiologically as well as morphologically; it is also of value in a systematic point of view, as showing how closely the deviations from the ordinary form of one plant represent the ordinary condition of another; thus, the peloric

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

The diminished or increased number of parts is, in like manner, attributable to analogous causes, as also are the variations in arrangement and form, spoken of under the heads of Displacement, Peloria, Substitution, &c.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Peloria of this kind, when perfect, is very often associated with other alterations.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Peloria is either complete or incomplete; it is complete when the flower appears perfectly symmetrical, it is incomplete when only a portion of the flower is thus rendered regular.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

[221] "On the existence of two forms of Peloria," by M.T. Masters.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

In glades, Smilax gaultherifolia, in a wood round the marsh a Pomaceous tree: on the march, Swertia, Peloria, Carex stricta, and of Chupcha,

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

_Betonica alopecuros_ was affected with Peloria, and fused with an adjacent one belonging to a secondary axis of inflorescence, and not yet expanded.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

That teratology may serve the purposes of systematic botany to a greater extent than might at first be supposed becomes obvious from a consideration of such facts as are mentioned under the head of Peloria, while the presence of rudimentary organs, or the occasional appearance of additional parts, or other changes, may, and often do, afford a clue to the relationship existing between plants -- a relationship that might otherwise be unsuspected.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

See also section on Regular Peloria, Substitution, Pistillody of the stamens, &c. FOOTNOTES:

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters