14 PLANT HYBRIDIZATION BEFORE MENDEL 



The results obtained by Camerarius with the species mentioned 



enabled him to deduce the following conclusion regarding sex in 



plants : 



"They behave indeed to each other as male and female, and are other- 

 wise not different from one another. They are thus distinguished with 

 respect to sex, and this is not to be understood as it is ordinarily done, 

 as a sort of comparison, analogy, or figure of speech, but it is to be 

 taken actually and literally as such." (2c, p. 28.) 



Plate XII. R. J. Camerarius. Younger portrait. From an oil painting in the library of 



the University of Tubingen. 



