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IMIEIUTANCK oK RED LULOUU IN .lUTE. 



a fortnight ukl, they wore counted uud clasisiHed into the 

 following : — 



(a) Red stems with red i)etioles and fruits. 

 (/>) Liglit red stems, petioles and fruits. 

 ((•) Green stem witli reddish petioles and Iruits. 

 (il) Pure green. 



When one month did, the iilauls were again rerounted and 

 reclassified. Three counts were made in all. 



Table I give.s the numbers of the respective colours, at the 

 last count, of the plants grown from seed produced by self-fertil- 

 ized tiower.s, together with the ratio of the number of mi.ved red 

 plants to those of pure green ci.'lour : — 



T.VBLE No. I. 



Proportion of red to r/reoi plants in the F, generation 

 selfed pb.uds. 



NU-MllEK OK rL.\NTS OF DIFFEKE.NT COLOUKS. 



The table proves that, of the two altcinativo characters- 

 [Mesence of red colouration and its absence, the first is dominant 



