﻿Origin 
  of 
  Peloric 
  Toadflax 
  479 
  

  

  that 
  they 
  might 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  supposed 
  opposite 
  

   types, 
  and 
  thus 
  be 
  fertile 
  with 
  one 
  another. 
  

  

  My 
  peloric 
  plants 
  are 
  still 
  available, 
  and 
  the 
  

   occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  elsewhere 
  would 
  give 
  

   material 
  for 
  a 
  successful 
  experiment. 
  The 
  

   probability 
  thereof 
  is 
  enhanced 
  by 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ence 
  that 
  my 
  peloric 
  plants 
  bear 
  large 
  capsules 
  

   and 
  a 
  rich 
  harvest 
  of 
  seeds 
  when 
  fertilized 
  from 
  

   plants 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  one-spurred 
  race, 
  while 
  

   they 
  remain 
  nearly 
  wholly 
  barren 
  by 
  artificial 
  

   fertilization 
  with 
  others. 
  I 
  suppose 
  that 
  they 
  

   are 
  infertile 
  with 
  the 
  normal 
  toad-flaxes 
  of 
  their 
  

   own 
  sexual 
  disposition, 
  but 
  fertile 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  opposite 
  constitution. 
  At 
  all 
  events 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  bear 
  abundant 
  seed 
  when 
  

   properly 
  pollinated 
  is 
  an 
  indication 
  of 
  success- 
  

   ful 
  experiments 
  on 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  gaining 
  a 
  

   hereditary 
  race 
  with 
  exclusively 
  peloric 
  flowers. 
  

   And 
  such 
  a 
  race 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  distinct 
  gain 
  for 
  

   sundry 
  physiologic 
  inquiries, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  not 
  

   wholly 
  destitute 
  of 
  value 
  from 
  an 
  horticultural 
  

   point 
  of 
  view. 
  

  

  Returning 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  often 
  recorded 
  occur- 
  

   rence 
  of 
  peloric 
  toad-flaxes 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  state 
  and 
  

   recalling 
  our 
  discussion 
  about 
  the 
  improb- 
  

   ability 
  of 
  a 
  dispersion 
  from 
  one 
  locality 
  to 
  

   another 
  by 
  seed, 
  and 
  the 
  probability 
  of 
  inde- 
  

   pendent 
  origin 
  for 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  cases, 
  we 
  are 
  

   confronted 
  with 
  the 
  conception 
  that 
  a 
  latent 
  

  

  