~ 1907.] Wrinkled Peas, and their resultant Starch-grains. 138 
evident, at a glance, that the grains were more round in some cases. than in 
others. Thus, M 303 and M 313 had the most conspicuously round grains that 
I have seen in F; seeds. 
Table VI. 
Catalogue- Number of 
number of cross. | seeds examined. Pistil-parent. Pollen-parent. 
M 299 74 “ British Queen ’”’?} Maple from Mr. R. H. Lock. 
M 303 1 55 a Grubb, corn dealer, Oxford 
M 312 u * Zucker Erbse. rotbl. kron.* 
M 313 3 ” ” ” 
M 316 1 hi Maple from Mr. R. H. Lock. 
* A maple sugar pea with pink flowers and “mummy” (i.e., fasciated) habit. Bought from 
Messrs. Haage und Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany (No. 1286, p. 24 in 1907 Catalogue). 
The Absorptive Capacity in other Hybrids. 
The absorptive capacity of the F, seed, as well as that of its two parents, 
was determined in eight cases.altogether, one of which is “ British Queen” by 
“ Kelipse,” to which reference has already been made. The results are shown 
on Table VII. The numbers at the left of the table refer to the absorptive 
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