








116 
BOTANICAL GAZETTE 
TABLE II 
SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT SUGAR SOLUTIONS ON THE POLLEN OF Trifolium 
pratense, T. hybridum, AND T. nd easel 

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Solution — T. pratense T. hybridum | T. repens 
Double 
distilled : 
32 OD re Immediate burst-| Immediate burst-|- Immediate _ burst- 
we ing in in 
Sucrose 0.1462 | Bursting Bursting Bursting 
. 0.2824 * a 
‘ 0.4386 . gore 25; ger- oo 25; ger- 
- ination 
0.5848 | About 50 se no aicae “ig sed cent Abo t 80 per cent 
é germinat germinatio germination 
af ee. Turgid Good germination Good germination 
0.8772 
z 1.0233 . “ 
- 1.1695 % Plasmolysis Plasmolysis 
i E. 3277 - . . 
: 1.4619 2 & s 
Levulose .833 | Bursting Some germination) Some germination 
and much burst-| and much burst- 
P ing ing ee 
1.1108 ch 50 per cent | Fair germination;| Fair germination; 
: no bursting bursti 
1. 3888 Pon ‘no burst-| About 50 per cent| About 50 per cent 
germination; n germination; no 
«“ ursting bursting 
1.666 Turgid; no burst-| About so per cent] About 50 per cent 
2.2216|| ing germination; no| germination; no 
2.409 | in bursting 
: 2.7776 
Dextrose. -| 1.1108 | Bursting Burstin urst 
-| 1.3888 % Feeble  germina-| Feeble germina- 
se some ~~ ‘some 
é ursti ursting : 
1.666 4 Feeble ernie: Feeble — germina- 
tion; some tion; some 
bursting bursting 
“ 
1.9333 . No bursting; 25] No ——, as 
per cent germi- staan 
“ nation 
2.2216 . No bursting; 25 Ma bursting ‘l 
hig r cent germi-| per cent germ 
taht Add nati ser 
Maltose 0.5848 | .“ urstin ursti : 
9.73 | Some bursting Feeble germina-| Feeble — germina 
tion; some tion; some 
“ : bursting bu ; 
0.8772 | Bursting Feeble  germina-| Feeble germina- 
tion; tion; some 
«, 7 bursting ursting 
brik. No bursting; 25} No bursting; 2) 
cent. germ er cent germl- 












