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Feb 3d Plumule of Maize

.2 above ground — cleaned for about .1 more [sketch]

9° 5
9 55' from light (so-called)
10 35 very short distance same direction
11. 35 to light gone back
12. 18 to left & light
1 3 same course
2. 5 nearly same course
3 5 from light & to left
4. 5   do—    Is it real light on further side???
5 20 gone back is this owing to darkness ?
5. 57.  nearly same course
7. 30   same course
8 30 to right gone back
9. 40 to left again old course
10 40 to left & far from light

(Filament fallen off during night or I believe knocked off)

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Whitaker

(We see in Table 5 6. that the long-styled flowers fertilised with pollen from the short-styled yield more capsules, especially good ones containing more than one or two seeds, & that these capsules contain a greater proportional weight of seeds then do the long-styled flowers fertilised with pollen from a distinct plant of the same form. So it is with the short-styled flowers, when treated in an analogous manner. Therefore I have called the former method of fertilisation a legitimate union, & the latter an illegitimate

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[Forms of flowers, p. 26: "We here see that the long-styled flowers fertilised with pollen from the short-styled yield more capsules, especially good ones (i.e. containing more than one or two seeds), and that these capsules contain a greater proportional weight of seeds than do the flowers of the long-styled when fertilised with pollen from a distinct plant of the same form. So it is with the short-styled flowers, if treated in an analogous manner. Therefore I have called the former method of fertilisation a legitimate union, and the latter, as it fails to yield the full complement of capsules and seeds, an illegitimate union."]