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obviously larger when ripe than those of the short-styled. As 
regards number of seeds : 139 capsules were taken at random 
from the three long-styled plants and 93 capsules from the 
short-styled. The former contained 1,298 good seeds, or an 
average of 9 e 4 per capsule ; the latter contained 481 seeds, 
being only 5*2 per capsule on the average. 
From seed of the long-styled form legitimately pollinated 
by bees I raised eleven long-sty led and ten short-styled 
plants, and from short-styled legitimately pollinated two 
long-styled and three short-styled plants, i.e., in each case a 
nearly equal number of each form. These examined at the 
end of September showed an extraordinary difference in the 
production of capsules by the two forms. On the long-styled 
plants almost every flower had produced a fine large capsule ; 
on plants of the short-styled form only a few miserable 
capsules could be found, and this was the case with plants 
grown from the seed of either form. 
I give the actual figures for a plant of ^ach form, the two 
plants being of very nearly the same size 
L. s. 
Ov. 
Ca. 
Ov. 
Of. 
1 
9 
... 
9 
• •• 
i2 
IM 
Ï 
2 
8 
8 
• •• 
9 
— 
3 
8 
8 
8 
1 
4 
9 
8 
9 
3 
5 
6 
6 
4 
— 
6 
6 
... 
6 
9 
2 
7 
6 
... 
6 
• •• 
7 
• • • 
1 
8 
6 
5 
6 
—, 
9 
4 
... 
3 
9 
2 
10 
5 
5 
• •• 
5 
ri# 
11 
4 
... 
4 
7 
# • • 
1 
12 
5 
5 
4 
• • • 
—- 
13 
3 
... 
3 
... 
4 
—- 
14 
— 
— 
2 
— 
15 
— 
... 
— 
... 
2 
... 
— 
Total 
... 
69 
66 
91 
11 
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