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IN my article on “Different Modes of Self-fertilisation where Visits of Insects are wanting” (NATURE, vol. x. p. 129), I gave a short account of the number of sepals, petals, and anthers in a hundred flowers of Myosurus minimus examined by myself. Some error must, however, have slipped into this account, the sum of the quoted flowers differing from a hundred. I have, therefore, lately repeated my examination and give here the results. In 200 flowers I now found 35 different proportions in the number of sepals, petals, and anthers. These were contained in—
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MÜLLER, H. Variability of Number of Sepals, Petals, and Anthers in the Flowers of Myosurus minimus. Nature 26, 81 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026081a0
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