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sarily positive and high. The correlation between the total 

 number of flowers and the deviation of the staminate flowers from 

 their probable value, on the assumption that the character (sex) 

 of the flowers is independent of the size of the inflorescence, is 

 significantly negative. This shows that the larger inflorescences 

 have relatively more pistillate flowers. 



