[422]

Feb 3d Plumule of Maize

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

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

[422v]

(11

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."]