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MB. C. DARWIK OX THE ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRIKG 



singularly fertile, and the seedlings themselves exhibit no signs of 

 sterility, and grow to their full height. 



Tabulated results of the fertility of the foregoing illegitimate plants^ 



when legitimately fertilized, generally hy illegitimate plants ^ as 



described under each experiment. Experiments -IT., XTI.^ ^ 



XIII. are excluded; for these plants were illegitimately 



fertilized. 



Numbcf ol Experi- 

 ment and Standard. 



Form. 



■ 



r 



r 



1 



Average 

 number of 

 seeds pro- 

 duced. 



Maximum 

 number in 

 ; any one 

 capsule. 



Minimum 



number in 



any one 



capsule. 



Calculated average 

 of seeds relatively to 

 the normal stan- 

 dard, this being 

 taken in each case 

 as 100. 



1 



Standard 



Long-stjled 



Mid-styled... 



Short-styled 



1 



93 

 130 



83-5 



159 



151 

 112 



No record was i 

 kept ; but all 

 excessively ; 

 poor capsules 

 were rejected., 





Do 



Do 







Class I. — Illegitimate plants from the long-styled form, fertilized by pollen from 





the longer or shorter stamens of the same form. 



^ 



1 



Experiment I. 



Long-styled 



















n. 



Do. 



45 



• « * 



« « « 



5 



in. 



Do. 



4-5 



• • • 



* « « 



5 



IV. 



Do. 



4-5 



' * « 



* * ■ 



5 



V. 



Do. 



Oor 1 



■ A • 



• » 4 



Oor 1 



VI. 



Do. 







* ■ t 



■ * + 







VII. 



Do. 



361 



47 



22 



39 



VIII. 



Do. 



4M 



73 



11 



44 



IX. 



Do. 



57-1 



86 



23 



61 



X. 



Do. 



\ 



44-2 



69 



f 



25 



47 



Class II. — Ukgitimate plants from the short-styled form, fertilized h, pollen from 



the shorter stayneTis of the sams form. 



Exp. 



XIY. 



Short-styled 



28-3 



r 



1 1 



51 



11 



33 



ri 



XV. 



Do. 



32-6 



49 



20 



38 





XVI. 



Do. 



77-8 



97 



60 



94 





XVII. 



Long-styled 



76-3 



88 



57 



] 



82 



Class III. — Illegitimate plants from the mid-styled form, fertilised by poUen 



from the longer stamens of the same form. 



Exp 



XVIII. 



XIX. 

 XX. 



I 



Mid-styled. 



Do. 



Long-styled 



1026 

 73-4 

 696 



131 



87 



83 



63 

 64 

 52 





80 

 56 

 75 



