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We see the values for all four characters increase in successive 
series. It follows therefore that, on the whole, in the plants which have 
the smallest length of seed, the breadth of the seed and the length 
and breadth of the petal are smail, whilst moreover the flower 
shows the lighter shades, and conversely a greater length of seed 
is generally coupled with greater breadth and a larger, more deeply- 
coloured flower. 
In the same way as proceeding from the length of the seed, I 
have also determined the inter-relations of the other characters. 
From the above table I have arranged the values in ascending order 
according to the breadth of the seed and compared the others with 
it. The same was done starting from the other characters. It is 
unnecessary to give here the complete tables. Below are set out the 
totals obtained each time for 25 successive plants. 
Arranged | 
in ascending Length Breadth Colour 
order of breadth of petal ae petal « of petal 
of seed 
Plant 1— 25 261.3 | 195.8 121 
» 2%—50| 269.0 | 204.5 | 148 
| 
nl 75 jc 270-0 | 205.0 | 154 
Se 108 IK 282.80; 221,0 AM 
re Sa | al 
Arranged in | Arranged in 
ascending | Breadth | Colour ascending Colour 
order of length | | order of breadt 
of petal | of petal | of petal of petal of petal 
Plant 1— 25| 190.8 | © 121 : plant 1— 25 124 
5 260s 201.3 | 148 9. 2625 50 en Tad 
5 | | 
VE ERE Gele 60 U es 150 
„ 76-100 | 223.4 \ 165 TO te 18 
| 
As is seen the values for successive series of 25 plants in all the 
above cases increase. There exists therefore a relation not only 
between the length of the seed and the other characters but the five 
characters together form a complex of which each part in its 
development depends somewhat upon all the rest. 
Now the nature of the inter-relation of the characters of the 
