The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species

by Charles Darwin

TABLE 4.25.2. Legitimate union.

13 flowers fertilised by the shortest stamens of the mid-styled. These stamens equal in length the pistil of the short-styled.

93 69
77 69
48 53
43 9
0 0
0 0
- 0

61 percent of the flowers yielded capsules. Each capsule contained, on an average, 64.6 seeds.

TABLE 4.25.3. Illegitimate union.

10 flowers fertilised by the mid-length stamens of the long-styled.

0 14
0 0
0 0
0 0
- 0
23

Too sterile for any average.

TABLE 4.25.4. Illegitimate union. 10 flowers fertilised by the longest stamens of the mid-styled.

0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
- 0
0