stout: pollinations in cichorium intybus 



399 



Another plant, (C X Ej) 7io. 6, was studied in the same manner 

 during the same summer. From the 6th of July till the 17th of 

 August a total of 121 heads on a single large branch was counted, 

 tagged, and left for open-pollinations. The results are tabulated 

 in TABLE 16. 



TABLE 16 

 Data for open-poli-inations of plant (C X -Ej) no. 6 



The total number of flowers observed on this plant was 2,481 ; 

 the total number of seeds was 637, giving a seed percentage of 2^. 

 Ther-e were 11 heads shelled by birds and which for this reason 



