254 MendeVs Laws of Alternative Inheritance in Peas 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES I. AND II. 
PLATE I. 
Figs. 1 — 6. Seeds of the hybrid Pea Telephone, the seed-coats removed, arranged so as to form a 
colour scale. 
Figs. 7 — 12. Seeds of the hybrid Pea Stratagem, with the coat removed, forming a colour scale. 
Figs. 13 — 18. Each figure shows a pair of cotyledons belonging to one seed of the Pea Telephone. 
The series shows the various degrees of difference in colour between the two cotyledons of the same 
seed. 
Figs. 19 — 24. Peas in their seed-coats, showing the way in which the cotyledon colour is masked. 
19—20, Telephone ; 21, Telegraph ; 22, Stratagem ; 23, Pride of the Market ; 24, Early Morn. 
PLATE II. 
Photographs of Peas, showing degrees in the development or wrinkles. 
Figs. 1 — 4, degrees of wrinkling in Telegraph. 
Figs. 5 — 6, seeds of Telephone. 
Figs. 7 — 9, seeds of Stratagem. 
Figs. 10 — 12, seeds of Daisy ( = Stratagem x Giant Marrow). 
Figs. 13 — 15, seeds of Lightning. 
Figs. 16 — 18, seeds of Early Morn (=: Daisy x Lightning). 
