FLOWER OF JASIMIXUIM MALABAETCUM. 



157 



The varions inflorescences appear to vary quite irregnlarW, except tliatthe 

 less vigorously growing inflorescences shoAv a lower percentnge of sjieciniens 

 with six calyx lohes and a Jiigher percentage with five. 



The season of flowering is too short to make it ]:os.sible to obtain satisfactory 



Givers 1 



in tl 



le 



(lata as to whether the early flowers cUtFer from the later fl 

 inflorescence in respect of tlie nnnil)er of (corolla lol)es or of calvx teeth. So 



far as my figures are concerned, there seems to be no clear connectiojK 



The difference in different plants is, however, very marked, and also the 

 difference in plants from different vilhiges. Thus ue have for a number of 

 plants whose flowers were collected on April 13th the followincr fio-ures: — 



riant 

 No. 



NuniLer 



uf 

 ilitwprs 



eiaiuiiK'd. 



Cnmllii L(>hes» 



Calyx Teotli. 



Ntiinlier will 



1 



Number with 



G 



lobes 



4 



8 9 10 



lobes, lobes, lubos. lubes 



11 4 



lobes, teeth 



5 



7 S 



teeth, teelli. t'^eth, teeth. 



T, 



70 



1 



3 



27 



(; 



1 



TL 



Til. 



TV. 



293 



corollas, 



140 



120 

 corollas. 



48 

 calyces. 



70 



103 



157 



25 • 



1 



1 



oo 



4 



101 



38 



1 



9 



o 



6 



48 



7 



17 



30 



1 



48 



20 



Y. 



R40 



20S 570 



48 



O 

 *9 



YL 



270 



YTT. 



191 



5 



70 



ir>^ 



)j 



23 



1 



C 



i' 



I 



107 



4 



The variation here is very considerable and remarkable. . In the number 

 of corolla lobes, while the normal seems probably to be eight, yet in the 

 various plants there seem to be very strong tendencies respectively towards 

 the formation of flowers with more than this number or with less than this 

 number. Kach plant does not vary nearly so widely on its separate branches^ 

 and so it is evident that the existence of a large proportion of flowers with 

 more corolla lobes than eight or with less tlian tliis number is a function 

 chiefly of the individuality of the plant. 



Somewhat similar conclusions are reached with regard to the calvx teeth. 

 Here there are plants in which five teeth seem the normal number in the 

 calyx ; others in which six tcclh seem normal. But either condition seems 

 to be a function of the individuality of the plant. 



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