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Show CnAr. V. l r:o PHASE OLUS MUL'riFJ.JORUS. .) sr-. 5 and that of tho three sol f- generations ta1 m n together watsw o0 ge' nerations 30 · ur-: ; 01 ~s 100 fortJ.l J.s od P1 a nt s of tho same i.o 8G.* PIIASROI,US MULTIFLORUS. > , f El1o·lish o·~rdoncrs an<t the I . h l•t rnnn I o .:J o n · This plant, t o scar u ~ . lly cnmo rrom Mexico, ~s f am m- . I k Ol'JO'llla <U . . l tl t f·occineus of _Jam~rc ' b Tho flowers ar so construct 0( I m J formocl by Mr. Bentham .. 1 visit thorn ine 'S~antly, ~lmo~l alwayN hive and humulo-boos,_wlnc l l . they cnn bo~t f-mck the nectar alio·ht on t 11 ]c f t WlWn' '-p. ot~t ' aR l Ylo• vcm nis d ')H' SR t 1t o' })0~ t-<1t' o . Th ·r wmo·ll nne Iu d from this fndo .. m_ bt ·otnulc from tho spintlly -wmm · tho stwm~ 0 Pl J and tlns causes t;' ,, t .llo '' tl'o·rn~ l)llRh s mtt tI1C po 11 en ( ] f) auR l'OUllu '' I n ' . . , kool, and a brus l o lc , os to tho head or probo. l~ ol_ tno hoforo it. Tho pollen ad~o~ tl lS placed either on the Rhgma boo which is at work, a~ IS :td to anoth r flowcr.l- f ovoral fi or 1s carne t of the s~mo ower, 1 t. under ~ l~ro-o net, and those I ·ed some p an s ( n years ago cover "' . b t Oilo-third und on ~notlwr cca· · d 0 occaswn a ou · ' . 1 . Produce on on · 1 th of tho numb er, of ]10ds which t 10 same. sion about ono-elg l d ' . . close nl ono-sido lwo<lu ocl.t ]~nts o·rowll1g .. '" . b . number of uncovoro p c o d 1)y any inJ·nry from tho d .c ·t'l 'ty was not cuuso · . This lessenc iOI l 1 . . l f voral protected nowcrR, m not, as 1 moved tho wmg-po~ s a~ld \hose prodncod remarkably tho snme manner as b os o, * Wo horo SPO tllflt both !·1tp'i: ?ms luteus und. pilosus s . 'd irecl) hen inset'ts are excluded; h~It M. Swn,le of lnistchur h,. m N~~ Zea1'and, informs mo (sL· , Gardener~' Ohronicl ,' ~8~R, P· 828) that th grmlcn Vftl:l :tw:-.; of tho lupine nro llOt thoro VlHJtccl l,y any b es, and tltut theJ ~cod 1, ~s fre ely than any oth ·r lnlrod.tH c1 lc!-!:uminous plant, with the l'XOL' Ption of r 'f1 clover. Ilo u~lds, '' [ have, for flmuscmcmt, dunng t_ho summer, l'deased tho tam ns WI\h 11 pin, antlapo~ of seed haR n.l wa) rewarded lnt l for my ironblo, th adjoining fl~~wers 110t SO Sl!l'V d ll t~ving ull provt'd blind<' I d_o not l now to wllat peClOS Uus 8tutcmcnt r f rs. t 'l'he fl owers ha v b ~1 t1 - scribc•<l by Delpino, and m nn ndmirable manner by Mr. Farrer in th 'A nn81S And Mnp;_. of Nal. !list.' vol. ii. vHh Hl' l'lCH) Oc~. 1 ~~.., 256. 1\1: v son L~ rn.nms v , p. J , J R has <'XI lflin <1 (' Nntlll'?, nn. <' . 1 74. 1KG) tho URO ol one poculia. rit'y P ·i n 't huir stru~ ~.. . nr~~, n.·l mn etllv~~ a littl vprtical pro.J dim.\ o . S·I no-lo free ~ Inmon ne:ll' Its lHU:sOl, 'w h0i ch sc nts p1nr<·<1 fi B I' ft. o b0' 1H~ tl'(· - . t tl h\ O n ·c ~n.I tho utranc m 0 10 . ,1 , th 11 01 0"' 1.11 tlt staJmnnl s 1cn. . Il s""h ows that tlti::~ . I. 1J)l'C- prO.Jl 'l' toi01 t '. v ent::~ the uec. r<'rw1ling Uw n.clc rtlf'· t t] , Jef't Sl< 0 0 unlPss tlH·y cyo ,o. 1 ~ 1 t ·]v . l lt 1:.:! absn n t J tho How 1 • .anc . -l'( ·rtilisnLion ncccsHnrv lor lc1t~s~. ,,·lit on the th,lt they shou l a lo 1 >ft wing-petal. · ' 1857. t 'GardcnerR' Chrmn~lo, 'b' I' 725 fln<.l mor l'SpO<:la lly l l( l p. ~ ' ' ') Abo ' Annals ~nc 18;)8, P· - · 1 l ' 1 , ·~rd sencs, Mag. of ;tt. .~ :-- J . ' vol. ii. 1 5 , P· 4uZ. CHAP. v. PHASEOL UB MUVfiFLOR US. 151 fine pods. When the not wus taken off, the flowers were immediately visited by bees, and it was interesting to observe how quickly the plants became covered with young pocls. As tho flowers are much frequented by Thrip ·, the self-fertilisation of most of the flowers under tho net may have boon due to the action of these minute insects. Dr. Ogle Jikowiso covered up a large portion of a plant, and ''out of a vast r1umber of blossoms thus protected not a single on<1 produced :1 pocl, while tho unprotected blossoms were for the mo ·t part fruitfuL" Mr. Belt gives a more curious case; this plant grows well and flowers in Nicaragua; but as nono of tho native bees visit the flowers, not a single pod is ever prod uood. * From the facts now g iven wo mny feel nearly sure that individuals of the same variety or of different varieties, if growing near each other and in flower at tho same time, would intercross; but I cannot myself ad vance any direct evidence Gf such an occurrence, as only a single variety is commonly cultivated in England. I have, howevm·, received an account fron1 the Rev. W. A. Leighton, that plants I'aisocl by him from ordinary seed produced seeds differing in an extraordinary manner in colour and shape, leading to tho belief that their parents must have been crossed. In France M. Fermond more than once planted close together varieties which ordinarily come true and which bear differently coloured flowers and seeds ; und the offspring thus raised varied so greatly that there could hardly be a doubt that they had intercrossed.t On the other hand, Professor H. Hoffmann t does not believe in the natural crossing of the varieties; for although seedlings raised from two varieties growing close ·together produced plunts which yielded seecls cf a mixed chamcter, he found that this likewise occuned with plants sepurated by a space of from 40 to 150 paces from any other variety ; he therefore attributes the mixed character of tho seed to SJJOnta- . * Dr. Oglo, ' Pop. Sci nee R oYiew,' 1870, p. lG8. Mr. Bdt, 'The Natumli ·t in Nicnrcwua,' 1874, p. 70. 'rhe 1rLttcr m~Jwr gives a case \.' Nature,' 1875, p. 26) of a late crop of P. multiftonts ncar Londou, which ·• W<tS rendered barren" by the humblebees cutting-, as they fr qucutly ~o, holes at tho bus s of the iitnvers Instead of entering thorn in tho proper manner. i· 'Fccondation cl1 cz lcs Vcgetanx,' 1859, pp. 34:-1.0. He adds that 1\'I. Villiers has described a spont.meou::; hybrid, which he e:tll::; P. coccinens hybridnsJ in the 'Annnl s cle la Sou. H.. de Horticultur ,' June 1844:. t ' Bcstimmung des 'Vorthcs von Species uncl Vari tti.t,' 1 ~G9, pp. 47-72. |