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ones eyen more sterile than they otherwise would have 

 been. I have seen striking instances of this fact in 

 making illegitimate and legitimate unions with Pri- 

 mula ; and it is well known that the conditions of life 

 must be highly favourable to give any chance of suc- 

 cess in producing hybrids between species which are 

 crossed with difficulty. 



Table 23. — Long-styled Form-. 



