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HARRIS—THE INFLORESCENCE OF MANFREDA VIRGINICA 427 
The 3 series of countings represented in the diagrams show es- 
sential agreement in that the relative number of capsules develop- 
ing in the most proximal position is low. It increases rapidly to 
а maximum on about the sixth position. It then declines rapidly 
to about 17 per cent in the twentieth position, after which it 
remains about the same throughout the remainder of the inflores- 
cence.! 
TABLE 1X 
NUMBER OF FLOWERS AND FRUITS PRODUCED AT VARIOUS POSITIONS ON 
THE INFLORESCENCE IN 3 SERIES IN WHICH FLOWERS AND FRUITS 
Y WERE COUNTED 
J. B. 1906 | J. B. 1907| M. H. 1907 J. В. 1906 | J. B. 1907\|M.H. 1907 
P 
КЕ fe] EL | Fe HF EL | Ee Fl | Fr.| Fl. | Fr. | Fl. | Fr. 
1 | 1250 | 233 | 1270 | 251 | 605 | 100 | 34 | 143 | 22 | 308 | 53 | 155 | 23 
2| 1250 | 297 | 1270 | 287 08 | 35 | 119 | 12 | 274 | 40 | 126 
3| 124 1270 | 351] 60511 51 99 | 18 | 239 | 31 | 110 | 21 
4| 1249 | 362 | 1270 | 356 | 605 | 152 | 37 | 78 | 12 | 207 | 40 | 99 | 13 
) 1270 | 379 | 605 | 141 | 38 | 67 | 15 | 178 | 26 | 86 | 15 
[ 354 | 1270 | 422 | 605 | 169 | 39 | 53 | 12 | 160 | 23 13 
'| 1247 | 351 | 1269 | 409 193 | 40 | ‹ 6 | 134 | : 62 | 12 
| 348 | 1267 | 895 172 | 4 : 5 |120 116! 50110 
) | 1244 | 320 | 12 378 | 603 | 159 | 42 | 30| 8|104|22| 40110 
) | 1242 | 294 | 1262 9 | 601 ! 148] 43 | € 6| 86|1 : 7 
1241 | 256 | 1259 | 361 | 601 | 139 | 44| 20| 5 Z5 28 | 9 
| 1234 | 285 | 1255 | 321 | 598 | 130 | 45 1| 60] 1 5 
255 | 1246 7| 5 128 | 46 | 14| 3| 44] - i| 5 
t| 1216 | 240 | 1226 590 | 134 | 4 gpa : ! 1:2 
1195 1202 | 259 140 | 48 8| 1| : 5| 13| 3 
1170 | 198 | 1185 3 | 573 | 116 | 49 l2 3 2 | 2 
1119 | 197 | 1149 | 210 | 558 | 122 | 50 6|— pes 
3 | 106 67 | 1116 | 189 711 Ф| з= ; 1 
; 159 177 | $922] 91152] 1| — | 3 
)| 930 | 134 90| 4 З LI — j|— 
864 | 116 176 | 477| 92 | 54 tll 41 1 pio 
| 785 | 124 | 939 | 173 4 Lo ұла 5Ды- 1-- 
|| 708 | 116 11162 | 419 % ааа өсе 220% а ^ 
t] 6421115] 7 1 40] 73 | 57| — |] —] 41-- 35H 
|| 570| 94 | 732 68 |58| — |-| 3|—| ‹ 3 
H. 4987 821 62119742511 6|] — | —| Же 3212 
431 | 78 | 631 | 114 | 317| 56|00| — | —] 21—| ?|— 
31 342 | 60) 577 294 | 58 ТЕЕ 
) 50 | 524 | 102 | 267 | 60|62| — | —| 11- ed 
) 58 | 476| 78| 244| 48 | 63} — | — mu com 
218 | 33 85 | 225| 34| 64) — | — а сар 
| 193 | 33 | 3961 71| 197 | 36 | ¢ — | — Е m 
38] 164 | 23 | 358 | 58 | 173 | 19 | 66] — | — t3] — 
| : There may be a secondary node at about the 29th to the 30th position. Possibly 
this is due to the fact that such positions are found only on the larger inflorescences. 
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