CORRELATION, INFLORESCENCE OF CELASTRUS SCANDENS. 



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concerning the relationship between number of fruits matur- 

 ing per inflorescence and number of seeds maturing per fruit. 

 If the inflorescences with larger numbers of flowers or 

 fruits represent the more vigorous fruiting axes, it seems not 

 unreasonable to suppose that they might mature more seeds 

 per fruit than the smaller axes. No originahty is claimed for 

 this suggestion. The idea seems to be held in one form or 



TABLE III. CELASTRUS. 



Number of Seeds per Fruit, 







1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



Totals 





2 





1 





3 



2 



4 



10 





3 



6 



24 



32 



48 



37 



21 



168 





4 



7 



27 



54 



59 



49 



44 



240 





5 



3 



32 



54 



82 



78 



26 



275 



s 



6 



6 



30 



55 



57 



64 



40 



252 



s 



7 



5 



31 



42 



90 



76 



43 



287 



« 



8 



6 



21 



43 



81 



77 



44 



272 



a 



9 





13 



45 



62 



54 



42 



216 



S, 



10 



8 



19 



49 



56 



57 



21 



210 



a 



11 



8 



20 



37 



33 



35 



21 



154 



t-k 



12 





7 



29 



31 



40 



25 



132 



u. 



13 



2 



3 



10 



25 



31 



20 



91 



TO 



14 



1 



6 



21 



28 



17 



11 



84 



•3 



15 



3 



3 



16 



19 



14 



5 



60 



£ 



16 





3 



7 



6 







16 







u 



17 

 18 



"3" 



""q 



'""9"' 



""s"'" 



7 



3 



36 



^ 



19 

















s 



20 



















7i 



21 



22 

 23 

















'/^ 



















2 



1 



8 



7 



4 



1 



23 





Totals 



60 



247 



511 



695 



642 



371 



2526 



CORRELATION FOR FRUITS PER INFLORESCENCE AND SEEDS PER FRUIT 



another by a number of botanists with whom I have talked. 

 Some even seem to consider that it is so self-evident that there 

 should be a correlation between the size of the individual — 

 in the case of annual plants— and the fertility of its fruits, 

 or between the size of the inflorescence and the fertility of 

 the fruits that it is hardly worth while to take up an actual 

 investigation of the problem. 



