﻿Origin 
  of 
  Wild 
  Species 
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  ical, 
  instead 
  of 
  flat 
  and 
  purse-shaped. 
  Their 
  

   valves 
  were 
  thick 
  and 
  fleshy, 
  while 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   ordinary 
  form 
  are 
  membranaceous 
  and 
  dry. 
  

   The 
  capsules 
  hardly 
  opened 
  and 
  therefore 
  dif- 
  

   fered 
  in 
  this 
  point 
  from 
  the 
  shepherd's 
  purse, 
  

   which 
  readily 
  loosens 
  both 
  its 
  valves 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   it 
  is 
  ripe. 
  

  

  Only 
  one 
  plant 
  was 
  observed 
  ; 
  whence 
  it 
  came 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  determined, 
  nor 
  whether 
  it 
  had 
  

   arisen 
  from 
  the 
  neighboring 
  stock 
  of 
  Capsella 
  

   or 
  not. 
  The 
  discoverer 
  took 
  some 
  seed 
  to 
  his 
  

   garden 
  and 
  sent 
  some 
  to 
  the 
  botanical 
  garden 
  

   at 
  Strassburg, 
  of 
  which 
  Solms-Laubach 
  is 
  the 
  

   director. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  course 
  

   were 
  sowed 
  naturally 
  on 
  the 
  original 
  spot. 
  The 
  

   following 
  year 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  seeds 
  germinated 
  

   and 
  repeated 
  the 
  novelty. 
  The 
  leaves, 
  stems 
  and 
  

   flowers 
  were 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  shepherd's 
  

   purse, 
  but 
  no 
  decision 
  could 
  be 
  reached 
  concern- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  generation 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  

   flowers 
  had 
  faded 
  and 
  the 
  rounded 
  capsules 
  had 
  

   developed. 
  Then 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  heegeri 
  

   came 
  true 
  from 
  seed. 
  It 
  did 
  so 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  

   gardens 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  market-place, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   observed 
  to 
  have 
  multiplied 
  and 
  spread 
  in 
  some 
  

   small 
  measure. 
  The 
  same 
  was 
  noted 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  year, 
  but 
  then 
  the 
  place 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  

   gravel 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  plants 
  destroyed. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  

   recorded 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  wild 
  since. 
  

  

  