Mr. Scott made a few trials on a short-styled plant, and found that the legitimate unions were in all ways more fertile than the illegitimate (1/17. ‘Journal of the Linnean Society Botany’ volume 8 1864 page 79.); but since the publication of his paper H. Muller has made much fuller experiments, and I give his results in Table 1.13, drawn up in accordance with my usual plan:—
TABLE 1.13. Hottonia palustris (from H. Muller).
Column 1: Nature of the Union. Column 2: Number of Capsules examined. Column 3: Average Number of Seeds per Capsule.
Long-styled by pollen of short-styled. Legitimate union: 34 : 91.4.
Long-styled by own-form pollen, from a distinct plant. Illegitimate union: 18 : 77.5.
Short-styled by pollen of long-styled. Legitimate union: 30 : 66.2.
Short-styled by own-form pollen, from a distinct plant. Illegitimate union: 19 : 18.7.
A SUMMARY:
The two legitimate unions together: 64 : 78.8.
The two illegitimate unions together: 37 : 48.1.