Column 1: Illegitimate union. Short-styled oxlip, by pollen of short-styled oxlip: 20 flowers fertilised, did not produce one capsule.
Column 2: Legitimate union. Short-styled oxlip, by pollen of long-styled oxlip: 10 flowers fertilised, did not produce one capsule.
Column 3: Illegitimate union. Long-styled oxlip, by its own pollen: 24 flowers fertilised, produced five capsules, containing 6, 10, 20, 8, and 14 seeds. Average 11.6.
Column 4: Legitimate union. Long-styled oxlip, by pollen of short-styled oxlip: 10 flowers fertilised, did not produce one capsule.
TABLE 2.15. Both forms of the Oxlip crossed with Pollen of both forms of the Cowslip, P. veris.
Column 1: Illegitimate union. Short-styled oxlip, by pollen of short-styled cowslip: 18 flowers fertilised, did not produce one capsule.
Column 2: Legitimate union. Short-styled oxlip, by pollen of long-styled cowslip: 18 flowers fertilised, produced three capsules, containing 7, 3, and 3 wretched seeds, apparently incapable of germination.
Column 3: Illegitimate union. Long-styled oxlip, by pollen of long-styled cowslip: 11 flowers fertilised, produced one capsule, containing 13 wretched seeds.
Column 4: Legitimate union. Long-styled oxlip, by pollen of short-styled cowslip: 5 flowers fertilised, produced two capsules, containing 21 and 28 very fine seeds.
TABLE 2.16. Both forms of the Oxlip crossed with Pollen of both forms of the Primrose, P. vulgaris.