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revealed the remarkable results of twenty-nine, thirty-rive 

 and fifty legumes respectively. These were developed fairly 

 close to the original cotyledonary region. Axillary shoots 

 could not well produce fruit, as the soil was rather clayey 

 on the surface, and no leaves lay upon it. 



As the legumes were being collected from a certain 

 plant, the curious branched appearance of the cotyledonary 

 axillary runners attracted attention. Investigation proved 

 the presence of no less than two hundred and fifty-one 

 hypogean flowers and legumes in varying stages of devel- 

 opment. (Plate XXXVI, Fig. 1). 



An interesting incident which occurred while raising 

 Amphicarpcea in a small city yard, is not without value 

 here. In the autumn the space four feet by two which had 

 been used for this purpose was examined carefully, and 

 a number of terrestrial legumes gathered. So diligently 

 was search made, that the writer felt sure that all were 

 removed. Imagine then the surprise, when, in the following 

 spring, one hundred and fifteen plants appeared. The ex- 

 planation was that the bed in which they were grown was 

 beside a board fence underneath which the runners had 

 matured the fruits. An asphalt pavement in the next 

 yard prevented their growth in length. Several of the 

 plants were examined as to place of origin, and showed a 

 long white, rather crooked stem which had strueeled 

 upward. It was not easy to find the seed, only its evident 

 location could be determined. 



One certainly doubts the possibility of such a species 

 being exterminated. 



Attention should be called, however, to one more set of 

 statistics. On April 18, plants which had been growing 

 since the beginning of February in particularly rich wood 

 soil, which had been kept very moist, were uprooted, and 

 yielded as recorded below. The only aerial fruit was the 

 winter type previously referred to. 



