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ter. In the qualitative reactions with chloral hydrate, 

 nitric acid, potassium iodide, potassium sulphide, and 

 sodium salicylate many differences are noted, some rather 

 striking but mostly seemingly of minor importance. 

 The starch of the hybrid N. dainty maid in comparison 

 with the starches of the parents contains more aggre- 

 gates than that of N. elegans and as many as in N. crispa; 

 the irregularities are more numerous than in N. elegans 

 and about the same as in the other parent ; and while most 

 of the grains in relative sizes of the proximal and distal 

 ends resemble those of N. crispa, there are more that 

 have the proximal end smaller than the distal end. The 

 hilum in distinctness is closer to N. crispa, while in the 

 absence of fissuration it is closer to N. elegans; in eccen- 

 tricity it also is closer to the latter. The lamellae are 

 finer than those of either parent, but nearer N. elegans, 

 while in general characters and arrangements they are 

 nearer N. crispa; the number is less than in either 

 parent, but nearer that of N. crispa. The size is some- 

 what closer to N. elegans. In the polarization, selenite, 

 and qualitative reactions the resemblances lean to one 

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

 N. elegans. In the qualitative reactions with chloral 

 hydrate, nitric acid, potassium iodide, potassium sulpho- 

 cyanate, potassium sulphide, and sodium salicylate cer- 

 tain of the phenomena lean to one parent and certain 

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

 the whole, distinctly closer to N. elegans. In comparison 

 with the starches of the parents the starch of the hybrid 

 N. queen of roses 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. elegans; the grains are less 

 regular than those of N. elegans but more regular than 

 those of N. crispa. The hilum is as distinct as in 

 N. crispa and more distinct than in the other parent; 

 it is rarely fissured, thus being closer to N. elegans; 

 and the eccentricity is greater than in either parent, 

 being nearer N. elegans. The lamellse in characters and 

 arrangements closely resemble those of N. crispa, but 

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

 of N. elegans. In size the grains are smaller than those 

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

 the polarization, selenite, and qualitative reactions with 

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

 qualitative reactions with chloral hydrate, nitric acid, 

 potassium iodide, potassium sulphocyanate, potassium 

 sulphide, 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 

 they, on the whole, more closely resemble those of N. 

 crispa, but those with nitric acid, potassium iodide, potas- 

 sium sulphocyanate, and potassium sulphide more closely 

 resemble those of N. elegans. 



The two hybrids differ in certain very interesting 

 respects, especially as regards their greater resemblances 

 in their various properties to one or the other parent. 

 N. dainty maid is in form more like N. crispa than 

 N. elegans, but in other histological respects more like 

 the other parent. N. queen of roses is in form and 

 hilum more like N. elegans than N. crispa, but in the 

 lamellae it is nearer to N. crispa. In the polarization 

 properties both hybrids are closer to N. elegans than to 

 N. crispa, N. queen of roses being closer than N. dainty 



maid. In the iodine reactions, both quantitative and 

 qualitative, N. dainty maid more closely resembles N. 

 elegans; but in the other hybrid, N. queen of roses, the 

 uniieated grains show a closer relationship to N. elegans 

 and the heated or gelatinized grains to the other parent. 

 In the aniline reactions N. dadnty maid is closer to N. 

 elegans than to N. crispa; while N. queen of roses is closer 

 to N. crispa than to N. elegans. In the qualitative reac- 

 tions with the various chemical reagents similar curious 

 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 parents 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. crispa, N. dainty maid being 

 the closer. In the reactions with nitric acid, potassiiim 

 iodide, potassium sulphocyanate, and potassium sulphide 

 the hybrids are closer to N. elegans, N. dainty maid being 

 the closer. In the sodium-salicylate reactions N. dainty 

 maid is nearer to N. elegans, and N. queen of roses nearer 

 to N. crispa, there being nearly as much difference be- 

 tween the hybrids themselves as between the hybrid 

 N. queen of roses and the parent N. elegans. 



Reaction^mtensities Expressed hy Light, Color, and Temperat- 



ture Reactions. 

 Polarization; 



Nerine crispa, moderate to very high, value 85. 



Nerine elegans, moderate to very high, lower than N. crispa, 



value 80. 

 Nerine dainty maid, moderate to very high, same as N. elegans, 



value 80. 

 Nerine queen of roses, moderate to very high, lower than either 



parent, value 77. 

 Iodine: 



Nerine crispa, moderate, value 45. 



Nerine elegans, moderate, deeper than in N. crispa, value 55. 



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



value 60. 

 Nerine queen of roses, moderate, the same as in N. elegans, value 55. 

 Gentian violet: 



Nerine crispa, light to moderate, value 40. 



Nerine elegans, light to moderate, lighter than N. crispa, value 35. 



Nerine dainty maid, light to moderate, the same as in N. elegans 



value 35. 

 Nerine queen of roses, light to moderate, the same as in N. crispa, 



value 40. 

 Safranin: 



Nerine crispa, moderate, value 50. 



Nerine elegans, moderate, lighter than in N. crispa, value 45. 

 Nerine dainty maid, moderate, the same as in N. elegans, value 50. 

 Nerine queen of roses, moderate, the same as in N. crispa, value 50. 

 Temperature: 



Nerine crispa, in the majority at 64 to 65°; in all at 70 to 71.5° 



mean 70.7°. 

 Nerine elegans, in the majority at 68.5 to 70°; in all at 75 to 76.9° 



mean 75.9°. 

 Nerine dainty maid, in the majority at 69 to 70.5°; in all at 72.5 



to 73.8°; mean, 73.2°. 

 Nerine queen of roses, in the majority at 68 to 69.1°; in all at 71 



to 72.8°; mean 71.9°. 



N. crispa shows a higher reactivity than the other 

 parent N. elegans in the reactions with polarization, gen- 

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

 tivity with iodine. Both hybrids in the polarization and 

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

 parent, N. dainty maid having the same polarization 

 reaction as this parent, but a higher iodine reaction. 



