E 86 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
inflorescences of Staphylea’ and for mature inflorescences 
of Celastrus.8 The correlation between the number of rays 
per inflorescence and the number bearing a fertile fruit 
appears in the 1905 series, in Table VII, and for the 1906 
series in Table VIII. 
TABLE VII. 
Fruits Matured. 
5 2 3 4 5 6 ’ if 8 9 405-17} 12 
i ee Oe 3 OS io tei ee 9 
Press ol ae 2 4 1 ic 10 
gsi 2 4 8 4 6 2 1 27 
¥ g|....] 4 3 2 8 6 1 24 
8/10 |. 2 3 8 6 4 5 1 29 
ae 1 3 4 3 5 1 + eS es co 1 22 
| 12 1 6 2 3 3 5 | Ee Pare 21 
2) 13 er ee 1 3 3 3 a ot 16 
S 14 3 4 4 3 2 4 1 ee 1 an 
2| 15 ee Ure e Aeneas ae 2 tor... ae vf 
fy | 16 es : a 1 Bots chs cs eee 4 
17 nears PEA ee 1 1 2 
3 | 22 | 36 | 31 | 38 | 27 | 238 7 4 1 1 193 
TABLE VIII. 
Fruits Matured. 
1/2/3/4/5161]71]81{91]10}11]12/13]14 
re ey See | 2 pee SOE pred See Gey ae aes Pee 1 
OH ooo tk FEEL Ot 21: Bl. hs Sea 7 
tee Read Bes $933-1121 8 £151. dee ea: 35 
Bi 9 eat Bi Or AY OLIOE- SL Et... 2 28 
iT 30 |... FP SP RF 6f1l 198) 6} 4] Shi. 46 
Sd 1k |. 2). Bly.) 8). 7) 84 81 Bl 4b Shext. 36 
12 ae 4| 5] 6] 8| 4| 6] 5] 4] 2). 44 
ze} 13] 1 1] 4] 6] 5] 6] 5] 8| 4] 2) 1 43 
=| 14 1 5} 21 3] 5] -3] 7] 4| 2] 3}. 1 36 
2| 15 1/ 2] 3].../ 2] 21 2] 1] 1] ai. 15 
Fa) 16 foot 14341 -Ti aT 8 Ate 9 
17 dob. ot BP 9G ees 4 
18 1) 11...) 31-1 5 
2| 2| 6|/23/46/56/58/33/34/27/12] 8} 1] 1] 309 
7 Harris, J. Arthur. Biometrika 6 : 439-441. 1909. 
8 Harris, J. Arthur. Ann. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 20:117-119. 1909. 
