CHAP. VIII. CROSSED AND 8ELF-FEKTILISED PLANTS. 293 



plant flowered before any one of the self-fertilised ; yet the 



latter were to the crossed in height as 109 to 100. 

 Tropxolum minus. A crossed plant flowered before any one of 



the self-fertilised in three out of the four pots, and simul- 

 taneously in the fourth pot. 

 Limnanthes douglasii. A crossed plant flowered before any one 



of the self-fertilised in four out of the five pots. 

 Phaseolus multiflorus. In both pots a crossed plant flowered 



first. 

 Spectilaria speculum. In all four pots a crossed plant flowered 



first. 

 Lobelia ramosa (First Generation). In all four pots a crossed 



plant flowered before any one of the self-fertilised. 

 Lobelia ramosa (Second Generation). In all four pots a crossed 



plant flowered some days before any one of the self- 

 fertilised. 

 Nemophila insignis. In four out of the five pots a crossed plant 



flowered first. 



Borago officinalis. In both pots a crossed plant flowered first. 

 Petunia violacea (Second Generation). In all three pots a 



crossed plant flowered first. 

 Nicotiana tabacum. A plant derived from a cross with a fresh 



stock flowered before any one of the self-fertilised plants of 



the fourth generation, in fifteen out of the sixteen pots. 

 Cyclamen persicum. During two successive seasons a crossed 



plant flowered some weeks before any one of the self-fertilised 



in all four pots. 

 Primula veris (equal-styled var.). In all three pots a crossed 



plant flowered first. 

 Primula sinensis. In all four pots plants derived from an 



illegitimate cross between distinct plants flowered before 



any one of the self-fertilised plants. 

 Primula sinensis. A legitimately crossed plant flowered before 



any one of the self-fertilised plants in seven out of the eight 



pots. 

 Fagopyrvm esculentum. A legitimately crossed plant flowered 



from one to two days before any one of the self-tertilised 



plants in all three pots. 



Zea mays. In all four pots a crossed plant flowered first. 

 Phalaris canarieitsis. The crossed plants flowered' before the 



self-fertilised in the open ground, but simultaneously in the 



pots. 



