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Feb. 22' Oak African

illuminated from above — Hor-glass [sketch]

12° 50' P.m.

10 20' from light & to right

2° 10' to left

2. 53 to left & to light

3. 55 same course— can it be twisting to light side of Pin

5— from light

5. 52 do & to right

7 10 same course

8 20 to light    (nearly 5 inches to tip of small partially expanded leaves)

9 47 to left, parallel to former line    (above 6 internodes)

10 40 from light         

23d 6°. 45 a.m to right            1.7 12° 50 Feb 24 distance of bead to mark

7. 55   to light &        

9. 5 to light & left      

10° — to right

11° — to light (Distant 8 5/8 of inch from glass to mark)

12° 10'   to left.          

1. 5   from light short distance           

2°— back on old line to right & from light  

3°   from light.

4° —   do short distance

at 5° P.m 23d distance of mark to bean

5   from light     1.07 greatly increased since observation began

6° from light  

7. 7' same course         10. 47 from light

8 18 to light    11 40 to left

9. 13 far to light          12. 50 to left

9. 55 to light & right on old line       

10. 45 to right & from light dot near old line.           Actual movement excluding that to light about .2 of inch

24th 6° 50'      

  8 from light  

  8. 38 to light & left  

  9 20 to light 

  9 52  

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The long-styled plants generally tend to flower a little before the short-styled: for instance I had twelve plants of each form, growing in separate pots & treated in every respect alike; & at the time when only a single short-styled plant was in flower, seven of the long-styled had expanded their flowers.

We shall, also, presently see that the short-styled plants produce more seed than the long-styled. It is remarkable, according to Prof. Oliver* (*Nat. Hist. Review July 1862 p. 237) that the ovules in the unexpanded & unimportant flowers of the latter are considerably larger than those of the short-style flowers; & this I suppose is connected with the long-styled flowers producing fewer seeds, so that the ovules have more space & nourishment for rapid development.)

[Forms of flowers, pp. 16-17: "The long-styled plants generally tend to flower a little before the short-styled: for instance. I had twelve plants of each form growing in separate pots and treated in every respect alike; and at the time when only a single short-styled plant was in flower, seven of the long-styled had expanded their flowers.
We shall, also, presently see that the short-styled plants produce more seed than the long-styled. It is remarkable, according to Prof. Oliver,* that the ovules in the unexpanded and unimpregnated flowers of the latter are considerably larger than those of the short-styled flowers; and this I suppose is connected with the long-styled flowers producing fewer seeds, so that the ovules have more space and nourishment for rapid development."]