. The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. 302 GYNO-DICECIOUS PLANTS. Chap. VII. female plant were to those from the hermaphrodite as 100 to 56 in weight. If the relative weight of the seeds from an equal number of flower-heads from the two forms be compared, the ratio is as 100 for the female to 45 for the hermaphrodite form. TJiyinus vulgaris.—The common garden thyme re- sembles in almost every respect T. serpyllum. The same slight differences between the stigmas of the two forms could be perceived. In the females the stamens are not generally quite so much reduced as in
. The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. 302 GYNO-DICECIOUS PLANTS. Chap. VII. female plant were to those from the hermaphrodite as 100 to 56 in weight. If the relative weight of the seeds from an equal number of flower-heads from the two forms be compared, the ratio is as 100 for the female to 45 for the hermaphrodite form. TJiyinus vulgaris.—The common garden thyme re- sembles in almost every respect T. serpyllum. The same slight differences between the stigmas of the two forms could be perceived. In the females the stamens are not generally quite so much reduced as in the same form of T. serpyllum. In some specimens sent me from Mentone by Mr. Moggridge, together with the accompanying sketches, the anthers of the Fig. Hermaphrodite. Females. Thymus vulgaris (magnified). female, though small, were well formed, but they con- tained very little pollen, and not a single sound grain could be detected. Eighteen seedlings were raised from purchased seed, sown in the same small bed; and these consisted of seven hermaphrodites and eleven females. They were left freely exposed to the visits of bees, and no doubt every female flower was fertilised; for on placing under the micro- scope a large number of stigmas from female plants,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. New York, D. Appleton and Co.
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