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TABLE XX 
CORRELATION BETWEEN THE ACTUAL POSITION OF THE FRUIT AND 
NUMBER OF SEEDS PER LOCULE AND BETWEEN THE RELATIVE 
POSITION OF THE FRUIT AND NUMBER OF SEEDS PER LOCULE 
à Actual r Relative T e ў 
eries position Е; position Ér ifference T. 
and seeds n and seeds T Eaig. 
Meramec High- 
ds 1906 . .| —.0778 2-.0387 | 2.010| —.0541 2-.0388 | 1.394| +.0237 +.0548 | 0.432 
Meramec High- 
lands 1907 ..| —.1129 2-.0384 | 2.940| —.0500-+.0388 | 1.288| --.0629-Ь-.0539 | 1.167 
Difference. . .| —.0351 2-.0539 | 0.651) --.0041--.0548 | 0.075 we! 
Jefferson Bar- 
racks 1906 | —.1147 +.0420 | 2.730] --.1232--.0420 | 2.933] —.0085--.0592 | 0.143 
Jefferson Bar- 
racks 1907 | —.1229+.0420 | 2.926} --.1040--.0421 | 2.470] 4-.0189--.0592 | 0.319 
Difference . .| —.0082+.0592 | 0.139} +.0192+.0592 | 0.324 
TABLE XXI 
NUMBER OF LOCULES AND TOTAL SEEDS AT VARIOUS RELATIVE POSI- 
TIONS ON THE INFLORESCENCE IN 4 SERIES IN WHICH NUMBER 
F SEEDS WAS DETERMINED 
J. B. 1906 J. B. 1907 M. H. 1906 | M. H. 1907 
Relative 45242222706 
position Total 
Locul Total Total Total |Locules| 19 
T seeds "NM seeds Locules seeds seeds 
1 744 8267 747 8313 807 | 19278 | 891 | 11134 
2 702 7671 731 8673 894 | 12641 | 869 | 11973 
3 6153 687 7659 64 | 12553 | 833 | 11055 
4 435 68 582 2 795 1051 | 711 9374 
5 297 2757 453 068 687 9392 | 558 6753 
6 204 326 3243 552 448 5391 
7 141 1395 222 2182 411 5577 | 318 8711 
8 96 138 243 219 
9 60 551 96 953 2982 | 144 1767 
10 42 239 612 153 1934 84 980 
11 18 146 45 348 108 1437 57 22 
12 9 71 27 251 789 | 45 er 
13. 3 11 15 103 30 393| 18 = 
14 3 1 9 111 15 142, 6 
15 3 16 6 6 9 — "^ 
16 3 1 6 109 6 — 7. 
17 -- — 3 37 3 13| — "gm 
18 — — 3 15 =e — ihe ай 
matured in the more distal position is smaller than that in the 
more proximal position. The differences between the corre 
lations for the same habitat for the 2 years cannot be co dered 
significant in comparison with their probable errors. The corre 
