1010 
tifolium was represented by 1, the much darker colour of Egyptian 
flax by 10. 
I have arranged the observations according to the ascending values 
of the length of the seed in order to obtain a survey of the mutual 
relationship of the various characters. 
In the preceding table the figures placed in a horizontal row refer 
to the various characters of the same plant, in the vertical columns 
those for different plants are given. The whole table is divided 
into four parts, each containing 25 plants. 
From these tables it must now be clear whether there is or is 
not an inter-relation between the length of the seed and the other 
characters. If the latter are wholly independent of the former then 
for each character the values in a vertical direction must follow 
each other without any regularity; the lowest average, and highest 
values for each character must be distributed equally over the four 
tables and the totals of the 4 successive series must be equal or 
nearly equal or must at least be arranged without any regularity. 
On the other hand should there exist an intimate relation between 
the length of the seed and the other characters such that they be- 
have as a single whole, then these other characters \ ill also be 
arranged in the tables according to ascending or descending values, 
except for small deviations due to the influence of external circum- 
stances. 
A superficial inspection already shows that for none of the cha- 
racters are the values in the vertical columns in a sequence; be- 
tween suecessive figures a good many irregularities occur. If how- 
ever the tables are compared with one another, it is seen that in 
general in the first lower values, in the last higher values are 
found. 
In order to make a comparison easier, I have added the values 
for the 25 plants of each table. Below are given the totals obtained 
for the different characters. 
eS SE en ne Se 
Length Breadth | Length Breadth Colour 
of seed | of seed | of petal of petal = of petal 
85.064 50.241 259.4 195.9 | 124 
61.058 53.668 271.5 D0 Oe) 145 
95.520 54.544 272.1 205.5 ~—«:150 
102.411 58.252 219.1 wl 22048 175 
