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5. Flowers.— Scarcely distinguishable from those of 

 Lamarekiana (contrasted in Fig. 18), and with the form 

 and proportions of the parents blended. Petals about 

 2.2 cm. long. Base of the stigma lobes slightly below 

 the tips of the anthers. 



6. Capsules. — About 2.5 cm. long, intermediate in size 

 between those of the parents. 



7. Seeds. — A shade of color clearly intermediate be- 

 tween the light and dark brown of the parents. 



An examination of these two hybrid plants with respect 

 to the contributions by their respective parents may be 

 readily made by comparing the illustrations and descrip- 

 tions of rosettes, mature plants, inflorescence, and flowers, 

 bearing in mind that the parent biennis A is essentially 

 indistinguishable from the strain biennis B which is here 

 figured. It will be found that the hybrids present the 

 characters of the parents in a blend. By a blend it must 



