156 HETEEOSTYLED TEIMOEPHIO PLANTS. Chap. IV. 



Besides the experiments in the abore table, I ferti- 

 lised a considerable number of mid-styled flowers with 

 pollen, taken by a camel's-hair brush, from both the 

 longest and shortest stamens of their own form : only 

 5 capsules were produced, and these yielded on an 

 ayerage ll-O seeds. 



Table 25. — Short-styled Form. 



12 flowers fertilised by the short- 

 est stamens of the long-styled. 

 These stamens eqaal in length the 

 pistil of the short-styled. 



69 56 



61 88 



88 112 



66 111 



62 



100 



II. 



union. 



13 flowers fertilised by the short- 

 est stamens of the mid-styled. 

 These stamens eqnal in length the 

 pistil of the short-styled. 



93 39 



77 69 



48 53 



43 9 











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flower, and I tried to remember to 

 wipe the pinoera carefully after 

 each fertilisation ; but in making 

 eighteen difEurent unions, some- 

 times on windy days, and pestered 

 by bees and flies buzzing about, 

 some few errors could hardly be 

 avoided. One day I had to keep 

 a third man by me all the tirue to 

 prevent the bees visiting the un- 



covered plants, for in a few 

 seconds' time they might have 

 done irreparable mischief. It wus 

 also extremely difficult to exclude 

 minute Diptera from the net. In 

 1862 I made the great mistake of 

 placing a miil-styleJ and long- 

 styled under the same huge net ; 

 iu 1863 I avoided this error. 



