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TABLE II. 
Physical Constants for Series B. 
Ovules per Locule 
Ovules per Ovary 
Number 
of 
Shrub 
Standard 
Coefficient 
Standard 
Coefficient 
and 
Deviation and 
of 
Deviation and 
of 
Probable Error 
Probable Error 
Variation 
Probable Error 
Variation 
11 
8-]^5'7 + -026 
O ( ^ 31 "AO 
8-24 + '23 
Y '300 + •062 
5-31 + -25 
12 
g-9l3+ "038 
"990 + '027 
14^32 + '40 
2-427 + -01 1 
4P70+ -57 
13 
7'827 + '024 
■Q'] + "22 
i, iv;^7 33 \joo 
4-72 + -23 
14 
g-.^yg + '050 
-912 + "035 
1^3. g'^ + .55 
2-289 + -154 
11 '61 + -79 
15 
O V 'O / ^ UOi 
• 7Q« 4. -099 
9-'73 + -27 
1 -/tR7 4. -071 
fi-T3 4. -90 
16 
7-1 ^1 4- ■C\±'i 
1 ■Ci'iSi 4- -n-jn 
14'53 + ^43 
9-ftn8 4- -1 
22-17 + "62 
17 
8-]3'7 -f. -033 
•g -f. "023 
10^41 + "29 
]^-795 -086 
7-35 -35 
18 
t7UO 31 
12^79 + ^36 
9 • 1 ftfi 4. • 1 n-? 
10^21 + ^49 
19 
7 '24:6 + '043 
•993 -f. -031 
Y^-']Q+ -43 
9-9=17 4- -1 9n 
20 
'i-\(y] + "037 
•Ql P; 4- -097 
1 9-Q7 4. -QR 
1 ^ 0 / 32 00 
9-nj.Q 4- -1 0*^ 
9^61 + ^49 
21 
7'772 + '025 
33 VJIO 
7.77 + -23 
0 00 X *-*^ 
22 
7 '620+ '031 
-f. '022 
8^40+ ^29 
1 -252 + ^074 
5-48 -(. -32 
23 
6-140+ -040 
-721 + -028 
ir75 + ^46 
3^544 +•239 
19^24+ -34 
2^ 
7 -026+ -046 
-947 + -032 
13-48+ ^47 
2^269+ ^134 
10-77 + ^64 
25 
8 -883+ -046 
1-190+ -033 
13-40+ •SS 
2^517+ ^120 
9^45 + ^45 
26 
7-093+ -049 
-882+ -034 
12-44+ -49 
1-929+ -130 
9^07 +^62 
27 
7-433+ -042 
-960+ -030 
12-91 + -40 
2-135+ -114 
9^58 ±^52 
29 
6-383+ -034 
-874+ -024 
13-69+ -38 
2-007+ -096 
10^48+ •SO 
30 
6-047+ -032 
•760+ -023 
12-57 +-38 
1-674+ -087 
9^23 ± ^48 
31 
6-860+ -032 
-833+ -023 
12-14+ -34 
1-960+ -093 
9^53+ • 46 
32 
7-677+ -029 
-738+ -020 
9-62+ -27 
1-729+ -082 
7^51 + ^36 
33 
6-357+ 036 
-864+ -026 
13-59+ -41 
1 •896+^098 
9-94+ ^52 
34- 
7-089+ -042 
1 -036 + -030 
14-61 + -43 
2-322±-117 
10-92 + ^55 
35 
7-730+ -022 
•557 + -015 
7-21 + -20 
1-046+ -050 
4-51 + -22 
37 
8-763+ -041 
1-046+ ^029 
11-94+ -33 
2-442+ -116 
9^29+ -45 
38 
5 -833+ -026 
•668 + -018 
11-45+ -32 
1-411 + -067 
8-06+ -39 
39 
8-240+ -027 
•699+ ^019 
8-49+ -24 
1-429 +'068 
5-78+ -28 
40 
7-780+ -034 
•874+ -024 
11-24+ -31 
2-006+ -096 
8-59+ -41 
The means of the eliminated ovaries will be sensibly identical with those of the 
developing series if there is no selective elimination. If there is a tendency to the 
elimination of those with high numbers of ovules, all three of these differences will 
have the negative sign, while, if it is the ovaries with the lower number of ovules 
which are the more likely to be eliminated, the difference will carry the positive 
sign. These statements apply only to such differences as are greater than those 
liable to arise through the errors of random sampling. When differences are slight, 
the errors due to this source may be considerable enough to change the sign of a 
constant from positive to negative. The probable errors of the differences are also 
given, and to facilitate comparison the ratios of the differences to their probable 
error, are also tabulated. 
Before considering the ratios of the individual differences to their probable 
errors we may examine the table as a whole, basing our conclusions concerning the 
presence or the absence of a selective elimination merely upon the signs of the 
differences in the mean number of ovules per locule. 
Biometrika vii 59 
