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440 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
MEAN POSITION OF FRUITS 
Ж 
IWERS PER INFLORESCENCE 
% 
Leo | 
2,4 6 9 #0 12 14 /6 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 38 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 $4 5 
WEN | 
Е | | | | | | HH | | | | | | | 
Fig. 8. Regression of position of fruits on number of flowers per inflorescence 
in 2 habitats for 1906. Upper line and cireles = Meramec Highlands, lower line 
and solid dots = Jefferson Barracks. 
In so far as they are pertinent to the problem, the constants in 
this table seem to show that the supply of fruit- and seed-forming 
substance is very nearly proportional to the number of flowers 
formed. These results are in full agreement with those of the 
preceding section (2) in which it was shown that there is little 
relationship between the number of flowers on the inflorescence 
and the capacity of the inflorescence for maturing these flowers 
into fruit. : 
4. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF FLOWERS AND 
FRUITS PER INFLORESCENCE AND THE NUMBER OF SEEDS 
PER LOCULE 
We have, in this section, to consider the problem of the possible 
relationships between the size of the inflorescence as m y 
