1877.) Botany. 487 
Of these seventy-one per cent. deviated less than two degrees, and 
eighty-five per cent. less than forty-five degrees from the meridian. 
TABLE IV. 
Bearings of the leaves of a large plant :— 
North 0° © East. North 17° 0’ West. 
“ec go 30! “ “ 32° o “ 
4 30 0’ “ “ 85° 0’ “ 
“ 11° 0” “ 
é 1390 07 «& 
“. 16° 160. 
“ 40° 15’ “ce 
It will be observed that, with a good deal of variation in the bearings, 
none of the leaves diverge as far from the meridian as forty-five degrees. 
TABLE V. 
Bearings of the leaves of another large plant: — 
orth « East. 
0 North 2° 30 West. 
‘ i tig “ 30 45’ “ee 
“& 120 oe “ “ 4° 45’ “c 
“és 14° gor. S a 238° 30/ wil 
op or = or ggo aoe 
* oe ae T 
Thirty-three per cent. deviated less than ten degrees, and ninety-three 
per cent. less than forty-five degrees from the meridian. 
: TABLE VI. 
Bearings of the leaves-of ten plants, large and small: — 
North 1° 45/ East. North 6° 30’ West. 
ee ae e ney 
7 “ 
“a 3 “ “ 129 15! “ 
“ 157 “ “ 13 80! “ 
“ 45e “ “ 21° 20 “ 
“ r “ a 93° “ 
8° 
4° 
6° 
70 
T 
129 
16 
18° 
<i 370 
399 
41° 
20. 
42° 
46° 
a. : 2, Shs, oF 
Thirty-four and one half per cent. of these leaves deviated less than 
ten degrees from the meridian, and ninety-two per cent. less than forty- 
five degrees. 
Taking the bearings of all the leaves observed (ninety-three in all), we 
find that about thirty per cent. did not vary more than five degrees, 
forty-two per cent. not more than ten degrees, and ninety per cent. not 
more than forty-five degrees from the meridian. 
If now we tabulate the bearings so as to indicate how many lie be- 
_ tween 0 and 5° east, between 5° and 10° east, and so on, we have — 
