Chap IV. LYTHEUM SALICAEIA. 



Table 24. — Mid-styled Form — contimiedi 



155 



III. 



Illegitimate union. 

 13 flowers fertilised by the short- 

 est stamens of the long-styled. 



83 12 



19 



Q g. /seeds small 

 \ and poor. 



— 



44 



44 



45 



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. 



V. 

 Illegitimate tmion. 

 12 flowers fertilised by own-form 

 longest stamens. 



Excluding the capsule with 13S 

 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. 



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, ex- 

 cluding capsules with less than 20 

 seeds, the average is 102 • 8. 



VI. 



tmton. 



12 flowers fertilised by own-form 

 shortest stamens. 



Not one flower yielded a capsule. 



* 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 stamens were 

 first marked by " wMte 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 obseiTed that one snoh pod is 



missing, viz. at the bottom of 

 compartment I. 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, in 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 lower 



