394 Origin of Each Species Considered Separately. 



The great majority of the new mutants of this species 

 stayed in the rosette stage their first year; but they were 

 so dehcate that I did not succeed in wintering them. 



Fig. 83. Oenothera elliptica. A, twig of an adult plant, 

 (1895) ; B, a seedling of 1893; C. radical leaf of a full 

 grown rosette. 



Others developed stems but did not flower. I have only 

 seen flowers on ten plants altogether and only obtained 

 seed from five of these. 



