182 



MH. C. DAB1TIX OJf TUB SEXUAL BELATIO'S OF 



Table II. — Mid-sttt,ed FoHir. 



12 flowers fertilized by the longer 

 stamens of the long-styled. Them 

 stamens equal in length the pistil of 

 the mid-styled. 

 Product of good seed in each capsule. 



138 122 



140 50 

 1-17 151 

 100 119 

 133 138 



141 



92 per cent, of the tiowers (pro- 

 hably 100 per cent.) yielded cap- 

 sules. Eachjjapsule contained, on 

 an average, 127'3 seed. 



II. 

 12 flowers fertilized by the shorter 

 stamens of the short-styled. These 

 stamens equal in length the pistil of 

 the mid-stgled. 

 Product of good seed in each capsule. 



112 109 



180 143 



143 124 



100 145 



33 12 



— 141 



104 

 100 per cent, of the flowers yielded 

 capsules. Each capsule contained, 

 on an average, 108 '0 seed ; or, ex- 

 cluding capsules with less than 20 

 seed, the average is 110'7 seed. 



III. 

 13 flowers fertilized by the short 

 stamens of the long-stvled. 

 83 12 



r, a- (seed small 



U CO -> , 



Q ' and poor. 





 



44 

 44 

 45 







54 per cent, of the flowers yielded 

 capsules. Each capsule contained, 

 on an average, 47-4 seed; or, ex- 

 cluding capsules with less than 20 

 seed, the average is CO-2 seed. 



IV. 



15 flowers fertilized by the longer 

 stamens of the short-styled. 

 130 86 



115 113 



14 29 



6 17 



2 113 



9 79 



— 128 



132 



03 per ceni. of tie flowers yielded 

 capsules. Each capsule contained, 

 on an average, 69-5 seed ; or, ex- 

 cluding capsules with less than 20 

 seed, the average is 102'8. 



12 flowers fertilized by oirn longer 

 stamens. 



02 



9 



C3 



— 



130 ? * 









 Excluding the capsule with 136 

 seed, 25 per cent, of the flowers 

 yielded capsules, and each capsule 

 contained, on an average, 54-0 seed ; 

 or, excluding capsules with less than 

 20 seed, the average is 77'5. 



VI. 



12 flowers fertilized by om-m shorter 

 stamens. 















— 













 per cent, of the flowers yielded 

 capsules. 



* I have hardly any doubt that this result of 136 seed is due to a gross error. 

 The flowers to be fertilized by their own longer stamens were fii-st marked by 



