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Show 1 ' H • TERO TYLED DIMORPHIC PLANTS. CnAr. I. nrv r f un l n th arne individual plant. I mark d 1nan r w lip and rimros s, and on th foll wing , t r II r tain d th . arne haract r, as did som in 1uy garfl n whi h fl w r d ut of th ir pr p r s ason in th autnn1n. l\Ir. vV. vVo l r, of Darlington, h w v r, inf rm. n. that h ha n early blossoms on th P olyanthu. , \hi ·h w r n t l ng- tyl d, but became so lat r in th n. ibly in thi case the pistils may not he y ' h n fully d v I p d during the early spring. An ~ · 11 •nt pr of f th p rman nee of the two f rn1s n1ay n in nur ry-gard n., where ch ice varieti of h olyt nthu ar pr pagat d by division; and I foun(l wh l b l f s v ral vari ties, each consisting xelusively of the n r th oth .r form. The tw form .:i t in th '"ilcl tat in about qual numbers: I coli te 1 522 un1b l. fr m plant. gr wing in several station taking a sinO'l umbel from each plant; and 241 "' r long- tyl d, ancl 281 short-styled. No dif£ r nc m tint or iz uld be l)erceived in the two gr at n1a fflwr. \V h 111 resently see that most of the spc i s of Pri1nula. xi t und r two analogous forms; and it n1ay L c k d what is them aning of the abov -d rib )d import~: nt dif£ r nces in their structure? Th qu - tion m w ll worthy of careful investigati n, and I will iv my bs rvations on the cowslip in d. tail. Th tir t iu a which naturally occurr d to m ''"a that thi p ci was t nding towards a dioo iou ·onditi n; that the long-styled plants, with th ir Ion r pi til , rougher stigmas, and small r poll ngr in , w r m re f minine in nature, and would 1 ro· du · m r s d ;-that the short-styled plant , with th ir h rt r pistils, longer stamens and larg r pol- • I have prov d by numerous that the Polyanthus is a vuriety ex rimcnt ·, h rcafter to be given, of Primula ve'ris. HAP. I. ~hor t - tyl •l c \\ lip Lon - tyl 1 ow li1 Jf w ) on1pl r th Ilt nt ~ n l fro1n 1. n ~ ll lU 1 lllllUl 1' th f 11 "in 0' r ·ult Short- tyl •l CO\\ lip ng- tyl l , lip T.\DLE 1. ERI . 19 1n n nr . f 1ny ~· p h tiun tno. t th f l1 win()' i ~ th • ;3. HH 5 l w iO'ht froln nn nal ll\llnl r r ual nnn1l r of und l. · and fr nn '< p ·ul of th two f rm w t r ( n<l fair ·r I >_ . |
