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ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING OF 



Chap. V. 



Table 30. 



■ 



Tabulated results of the fertility of the foregoing illegiti- 

 mate plants, when legitimately fertilised, generally by 

 illegitimate plants, as described under each experiment. 

 Plants 11, 12, and 13 are excluded, as they were illegiti- 

 mately fertilised. 



Normal Standard of Fertility of the three forms, when 



legitimately and naturally fertilised. 



Form. 



Long-styled . 

 Mid-styled . 

 Short-styled . 



Average 



Number of 



Seeds per 



Capsule. 



93 

 130 



83.5 



Maximum 



Number in 



any one 



Cap6uie. 



159 

 151 

 112 



Minimum Number in any one 

 Capsule. 



No record was kept, as 

 all very poor capsules 

 were rejected. 



Classes I. and II. — Illegitimate Plants raised from 

 Long-styled Parents fertilised with pollen from own- 

 form mid-length or shortest stamens. 



f 





Average 



Maximum 



Minimum 



Average Num- 

 ber of Seeds, 



Number of Plant. 



Form. 



Number of 

 Seeds per 



Number in 

 any one 



Number in 

 any one 



expressed as 

 the percentage 







Capsule. 



Capsule. 



Capsule. 



of the Normal 

 Standard. 



Plant 1 . . . 



£ £ 



Long-styled 



















44 2 . . 



i i 









4.5 



? 







5 



44 3 . . 



£ £ 









4.5 



? 







5 



44 4 . , 









4.5 



? 







5 



44 5 . . 







• * A 



Oorl 



2 







Oorl 



44 6 . . 



L i 

























44 7 . . 



4 1 ^k 









36.1 



47 



22 



39 



44 8 . . 









41.1 



73 



11 



44 



44 9 . . 



A. L i » 









57.1 



86 



23 



61 



44 10 . , 









44.2 



69 



25 



47 



Class III.— Illegitimate Plants raised from Short-styled 

 Parents fertilised with pollen from own-form shortest 

 stamens. 



Plant 14 . . . 



1 £ 



Short-styled 



28.3 



51 



11 



33 



" 15. . . 



Li A 



. . 



32.6 



49 



20 



38 



41 16. . . 



c< 



77.8 



97 



60 



94 



" 17. . . 



Long-styled 



76.3 



88 



57 



82 



