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Carpels. 



The extreme irregularity of this curve given by the first series 

 (fig. 4) was noticed in my first paper, the recorded maximum 

 being at 25, while the calculated mean (for that series) is 36, 



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The curve of the second series of carpels (fig. 5) shows a 



