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Weight of Seeds

50. Ipomœa. 1st. gen: "Crossed seeds rather heavier than self-f."

51. ― 1st gen: crossed plants: 100 crossed seeds from crossed plants spont. fert weighed 36.79 gr. — when 100 from s. f. pl. spont. fert. weight 41.64 gr. Productiveness of plants as 100 : 45.

53 ― 3d gen. Full details of weight.

76 ― cross between 2 flowers on same plant increased no of seeds per capsule as 100 to 91 but these strictly sel seeds were lighter than the fewer strictly s. f. seeds in ratio of 86 to 100.

175. Salvia coccinea. as = no of crossed & self-fert seed of = Weight.

186 Brassica — seeds crossed to s.f. in number as 100 to 25; the latter in weight as 3.88 to 3.76

197 Iberis self-fert seed to supposed crossed seeds (by smearing heads) to s.f. seeds as 4.87 : 3.57

249 Delphinium consolida crossed seeds to s-fert seeds as 100 to 45

272. Hibiscus african, s-fert seeds less numerous, but rather heavier than crossed seed (✔) but germinated badly.

277 ✔ Tropæolum minus s.f. seeds in weight to crossed seeds 100 : 87.

304. Lathyrus odoratus — s.f. — "quite as heavy" as crossed.

320 Sarothamnus scoparius crossed seed to s. fert seeds 100 : 88

339 Specularia speculum ― ― ― ― 100 : 86

352 ✔ Nemophila insignis crossed seed to s.f. 100 : 105; but then in number as 100 to 69.

358 ✔ Borago officinalis self-fert. seed to crossed as (mesure this) 100 : 90, but in number as 100 to 60

420 Cyclamen. Most of seeds on self-fert plants barely half as large as those in crossed pl

437 Primula veris equal styled var. Seeds from self-fert pl not quite so fine as from crossed plants

443 Fagopyrum esculentum. Legit crossed seeds to illegit: self fert. seeds in weight as 100 to 82

451 Canna warscewiz. Seeds from crossed flowers to those from self-fert flowers as 100 to 101.5, & evidence given that not dependent on number of seeds in capsule

Crossed seeds always as 100