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In 4 examined). It should probably be classed as pyriform 

 (mentioned in the next paragraph) though, as is clearly seen in 

 the figure, two of the fruits are subglobose. Lastly, on the flats 

 I found a clump the fruits of which were ovoid-deltoid with a 

 cordate base, and the base of the receptacle correspondingly 

 raised within. (Fig. 6). In 1912 the fruit of this had a tendency 

 to shed the sepals, a peculiarity it did not show in 1913. Deltoid 

 or ovoid forms are quite common mingled with the globose 

 (Figs. II, 12) but this was the only plant found producing fruit 

 with a cordate base. 



For convenience I may refer to the elongated forms with acute 

 base as pyriform (Figs. 3, 4, 5) and to the flattened as napiform 

 (Figs. 7, 8, 9, 14). 



Later I found the pyriform, napiform, and globose forms on 

 low ground along the northwestern edge of a wood, and marked 

 them in order to observe their spring development. I confi- 

 dently expected different dates of flowering, but the spring of 

 1 91 3 showed no differences. The exposure, perhaps, was not 

 particularly favorable. A correspondent on Vancouver Island, 

 however, thought that the pyriform plants flowered earliest. 

 At Elgin they showed a slight tendency to ripen early. 



In the autumn of 191 2 I marked some plants growing near 

 Vancouver with prevailingly pyriform fruit. When these were 

 coming into leaf next spring they were easily distinguished from 

 the ordinary globose forms among which they were growing, by 

 the darker green but somewhat glaucous unfolding leaves. I 

 was unable to follow up the development of these plants, but 

 shortly after at Elgin, no such peculiarities were to be seen in 

 the plants when in full leaf. 



The number of fully matured nutlets in well-formed large 

 fruits from Elgin plants was as follows: Globose 53, 39, 48; 

 napiform 67, 70, 61; pyriform 6, 22, 25. (Some globose fruits 

 from Vancouver plants gave 28, 28, 12, 43, 16, 25; average 25; 

 while some rather elongated fruits growing with them but not 

 on the same bushes, gave 15, 12, 6, 15.) Six globose short- 

 necked fruits gave the following: from the top of the branch 44, 

 35, 27; from the bottom of the same branch 37, 13, 5. This 



