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ANAGALLIS COLLINA. 



CHAP. VI. 



took after their mother, and were red-coloured. But on two of 

 the plants the flowers were plainly stained with blue, and to 

 such a degree in one case as to be almost intermediate in tint. 



The crossed seeds of the two foregoing kinds and the self- 

 fertilised were sown on the opposite sides of two large pots, and 

 the seedlings were measured when fully grown, as shown in the 

 two following tables : 



TABLE XCII. 



Anagallis collina. 



As the plants of the two lots are few in number, they may be 

 run together for the general average ; but I may first state that 

 the height of the seedlings from the cross between two individuals 

 of the red variety is to that of the self-fertilised plants of the red 

 variety as 100 to 73 ; whereas the height of the crossed offspring 

 from the two varieties to the self-fertilised plants of the red 

 variety is as 100 to 66. So that the cross between the two 

 varieties is here seen to be the most advantageous. The average 

 weight of all six crossed plants in the two lots taken together is 



