158 



BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



[SEPTEMBER 



two primordial leaves of the normal ancestral strain than it is in the 

 two to seven leaves of the tetracotyledonous strain. The percentage 



TABLE III 



PERCENTAGE DRY SUBSTANCE IN SEEDLINGS OF A TETRACOTYLE 

 DONOUS RACE AND IN NORMAL PLANTS OF THE 

 ANCESTRAL RACE 



values show considerable variation from sample to sample. As 

 might have been expected on a priori grounds, the deficiency of 



