M KIM 



N 



In the qualitative reai-tinii* with rhli.ml hydrate, 

 nitric anl. |M<USMIUIII i-iiilc. poUwiutu sulphide, ami 

 my .liilrii-i.. - are noted, tome rather 

 (Inking but ni.'-tly M'oimngly of minur importance. 

 -tarch uf tin- hybrid N. dainty maid in comparison 

 with the starches of the parents contains more aggre- 

 gates than that of A', elegant and as many aa in N. cntpa; 

 regularities are more numerous than in N. elegant 

 and alxnit the same as in the other parent; and while moat 

 uf tlu> -T.UI.- in relative sizes of the proximal and dutal 

 ends resemble thoae of A', critpa, there are more that 

 hare t!., j.r..\:inl end smaller than the distal end. The 

 luliini in iii-n:.. tnesa is cloaer to X. critpa, while in the 

 figuration it is closer to N. elegant; in eccen- 

 tri> itv it also is closer to the latter. The lamelUe are 



than thoM of either parent, but nearer N. elegant, 

 while m general character* and arrangements they are 

 nearer A. crispa; the number it less than in either 

 parent, but nearer that of A', critpa. The sin is some- 

 what closer to A', elegant. In the polarization, selenite, 

 ami qualitative reactions the resemblances lean to one 

 or the other parent, but on the whole distinctly more to 

 A", tlfj-in.f. In the qualitative reactions with chloral 

 hydrate, nitric acid, potassium iodide, potassium sulpho- 

 cyanate, potassium xulphide, and sodium salicylate cer- 

 tain of the phenomena lean to one parent and certain 

 others to the other parent, but the relationship is, on 



hole, distinctly closer to A', elegant. In comparison 

 with the .-tar. lies of the parenU the starch of the hybrid 

 A*, queen of rotet contains a larger number of aggregates 

 which have a larger number of component grains, and 

 more compound grains than in either parent; and the 

 latter are like those of N. elegant; the grains are leas 

 regular than those of N. elegant but more regular than 

 those of A*, crispa. The hilum is as distinct as in 

 A', critpa and more distinct than in the other parent; 



rarely fissured, thus being closer to A', elegant; 

 and the eccentricity is greater than in either parent, 

 being nearer N. elegant. The lamella; in characters and 

 arrangements closely resemble those of N. critpa, but 

 the number is less than in either parent and closer to that 

 of A", elegant. In size the grains are smaller than those 

 of either parent, and closer to those of N. elegant. In 

 the polarization, selenite, and qualitative reactions with 

 iodine the resemblances are closer to N. elegant. In the 

 qualitative reactions with chloral hydrate, nitric acid, 

 potassium iodide, potassium sulphocyanate, potassium 

 xulphide, and sodium salicylate certain of the phenomena 

 lean to one parent and certain others to the other. In 

 the reactions with chloral hydrate and sodium salicylate 



on the whole, more closely resemble those of N. 

 . ru-/j. but those with nitric acid, potassium iodide, potaa- 

 -iiiin sulphocyanate, and potassium sulphide more closely 

 resemble those of N. elegant. 



The two hybrids differ in certain very interesting 

 respects, especially as regjards their greater resemblances 

 in their various properties to one or the other parent 

 A', dainty maid is in form more like N. crispa than 

 .V. fleoane, but in other histological respects more like 



ther parent N. queen of met is in form and 

 hilum more like N. elegant than N. critpa, but in the 

 lamella? it is nearer to N. critpa. In the polarization 

 properties both hybrids are closer to N. elegant than to 

 A', rrispa, N. queen of rotet being closer than N. dainty 



maid. In the iodine reactions, both Quantitative and 

 qualitative, N. dainty maid more closely resembles N. 

 elegant; but in the other hybrid, A', queen of rote*, the 

 unheated grains show a closer relationship to N. elegant 

 and the heated or gelatinised grains to the other parent 

 In the aniline reactions N. dainty maid is closer to ff. 

 elegant than to N. critpa; while A', queen of met u ilium 

 to N. critpa than to N. elegant. In the qualitative reac- 

 tions with the various chemical reagent* xiuular . 

 individualities are recorded, as regards interparental and 

 inter-hybrid and parental-hybrid reactions. The hy- 

 brids are sometimes practically alike and at others quite 

 as different from each other as they are from the parents, 

 or as the parent* are from each other. The qualitative 

 reactions may be closer to one or the other parent, accord- 

 ing to the reagent In the chloral-hydrate reactions both 

 hybrids are closer to N. critpa, N. dainty maid being 

 the closer. In the reactions with nitric acid, potassium 

 iodide, potassium sulphocyanate, and potassium sulphide 

 the hybrids are closer to A', elegant, N. dainty maid being 

 the closer. In the sodium-salicylate reactions A 7 , dainty 

 maid is nearer to N. elegant, and A', queen of rotes i. 

 to A*, critpa, there being nearly as much difference be- 

 tween the hybrids themselves aa between the hybrid 

 A', queen of rotet and the parent N. elegant. 



KrocttoH imtcnntirt Krpretttd by Light, Color, tnj TVmprr*. 



lurt KtaetuHU. 

 Polarisation: 



Nerina erupt. moderaU to ray high, value 66. 



Nerine eUgana. moderate to very bih. lower than N. rritpa. 



value 80. 

 Nerine dainty maid, moderate to vrry hih. eame a* N. elegant. 



value 80. 

 Nerioe queen of roeee. moderate to very high, lower than either 



parrot, value 77. 

 Iodine: 



Nerine critpa. moderate, value 46. 



Nerine elegant, moderate, deeper than in N. criepa, value 66. 



Nerine dainty maid, moderate to Jeep, deeper than in either parent. 



value M. 



Nerine queen of roiee. moderate, the eame aa in N. elegant, value 66. 

 Geptitn violet: 



Nerine criepa. light to moderate, v.lue 40. 



Nerine decant. Uaht to moderate, lighter than N. eriepa. value . 



Nerine dainty maid, liaht to moderate, the eame ae in N. elecane 



value 86. 

 Nerine queen of row*. liht to moderate, the eame M in N. eriepa. 



value 40. 

 Safranin: 



Nerioe eriepa, moderate, value 60. 



Nerine elegant, moderate, lighter than in N. eriepa. value 46. 

 Nerine dainty maid, moderate, the eame aa in N. elegant, value 60. 

 NVrine quean of rote*, moderate, the eame at in N. eriepa, value 60. 

 Temperature: 



Nerine eriepa. in the majority at M to 06*; in all at 70 to 7I.6*; 



mean 70.7*. 

 Nerine elegant, in the majority at 68.6 te 70*; in all at 76 to 76 V; 



mean 76.0*. 

 Nerine dainty maid, in the majority at 00 to 704*; in all at 72 A 



to 73-8*; mean, 73.3*. 

 Nerine queen of rone. In the majority at 8 to W.I*, in all at 71 



to 72-**; mean 71. 9*. 



N. critpa shows a higher reactivity than the other 

 parent N. elegant in the reactions with polarisation, gen- 

 tian violet, safranin, and temperature, and a lower reac- 

 tivity with iodine. Roth hybrids in the polarization and 

 iodine reactions are nearer to N. elegant than to the other 

 parent, N. dainty maid having the same polarization 

 reaction as this parent, bat a higher iodine reaction. 



