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XXXI. Summary of Experiments and Ob- 

 servations on the Germination of the Gra- 

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By John Yule, M. D. Coll. Reg. Med. Soc. &ci 



[Read hi part \ \th March 1809-] 



A lthough the reproductive property of these 

 plants is in a manner proverbial # , no naturalist 

 has as yet accurately traced the steps by which 

 Nature effects this singular result. Many inte - 

 resting facts, indeed, respecting the first appear- 



* M. Duhamel relates the following, among other in- 

 stances : " Un seul grain d'orge qui etoit leve par ha- 

 if zard, a produit too epis, et environ trente petits tuy- 

 " aux qui n'avoient point d'epis. Les grains d'un epi de 

 u moyenne grandeur, en continoit 24, ainsi un seal grain, 

 " mis en bonne terre, a produit 4800 grains." 'Traite de 

 la Culture de 'Terrcs, torn. ii. chap. i. p. 22. 



