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* I have hardly a doubt that 

 this result of 136 seeds in compart- 

 ment V. was due to a gross error. 

 The flowers to be fertilised by 

 their own longest stniuens were 

 first marked by " white tliread," 

 and those by the raid-length 

 stamens of the long-styled form 

 by "white silk;" aflower 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 respect 

 to the capsule which yielded 92 

 seeds, ill the same column with 

 tliat which yielded 136, I do 

 not know what to think. I 

 endeavoured to prevent pollen 

 dropping from an upper to a lowel 



