CHAP IV. LYTIIRUM SALICARIA. 



TABLE 24. Mid-styled Form continued. 



155 



in. 



Illegitimate union. 

 13 flowers fertilised by the short 

 est stamens of the long-styled. 



83 12 



19 



f. 



U 



44 



44 

 45 



seeds small 



j 



and poor. 



54 per cent, of the flowers yielded 

 capsules. Each capsule contained, 

 on an average, 47*4 seeds; or, ex- 

 cluding capsules with less than 20 

 seeds, the average is 60 2 seeds. 



IV. 



Illegitimate union. 

 15 flowers fertilised by the long 

 est stamens of the short-styled. 



130 86 



115 113 



14 29 



6 17 



2 113 



9 79 



128 



132 



93 per cent, of the flowers yielded 

 capsules. Each capsule contained, 

 on an average, 69*5 seeds; or, ei- 

 cluding capsules with less than 20 

 seeds, the average is 102 - 8. 



V. 



Illegitimate union. 

 12 flowers fertilised by own-form 

 longest stamens. 



92 



9 

 63 



136?* 

 

 



Excluding the capsule with 136 

 seeds, 25 per cent, of the flowers 

 yielded capsules, and each capsule 

 contained, on an average, 54'6 seeds; 

 or, excluding capsules with less than 

 20 seeds, the average is 77 '5. 



VI. 



Illegitimate union. 

 12 flowers fertilised by own-form 

 shortest stamens. 



Not one flower yielded a capsule. 



* I have hardly a doubt that 

 this result of 13G seeds in compart- 

 ment V. was due to a gross error. 

 The flowers to be fertilised by 

 their own longest stuinens were 

 first marked by " white thread," 

 and those by the mid-length 

 stamens of the long-styled form 

 by " white silk ;" a flower fertilised 

 in the later manner would have 

 yielded about 136 seeds, and it may 

 be observed that one such pod is 



missing, viz. at the bottom of 

 compartment L Therefore I have 

 hardly any doubt that I fertilised 

 a flower marked with " white 

 thread '' as if it had been marked 

 with " white silk." With respeet 

 to the capsule which yielded 92 

 seeds, in the same column with 

 that which yielded 136, I do 

 not know what to think. I 

 endeavoured to prevent pollen 

 dropping from an upper to a lower 



