Prof。H。Lecoq，whohasmadeagreatnumberofcrossingsbetweenthedifferentlycolouredvarietiesofMirabilisjalapa（11/122。’Geograph。Bot。
del’Europe’tome31854page405;and’DelaFecondation’1862page302。）
findsthatintheseedlingsthecoloursrarelycombine，butformdistinctstripes;orhalftheflowerisofonecolourandhalfofadifferentcolour。Somevarietiesregularlybearflowersstripedwithyellow，white，andred;butplantsofsuchvarietiesoccasionallyproduceonthesamerootbrancheswithuniformlycolouredflowersofallthreetints，andotherbrancheswithhalf—and—halfcolouredflowers，andotherswithmarbledflowers。Gallesio（11/123。’TraiteduCitrus’1811page45。）crossedreciprocallywhiteandredcarnations，andtheseedlingswerestriped;butsomeofthestripedplantsalsoboreentirelywhiteandentirelyredflowers。Someoftheseplantsproducedoneyearredflowersalone，andinthefollowingyearstripedflowers;orconversely，someplants，afterhavingbornefortwoorthreeyearsstripedflowers，wouldrevertandbearexclusivelyredflowers。ItmaybeworthmentioningthatIfertilisedthePURPLESWEET—PEA（Lathyrusodoratus）withpollenfromthelight—colouredPAINTEDLADY:seedlingsraisedfromthesamepodwerenotintermediateincharacter，butperfectlyresembledeitherparent。Laterinthesummer，theplantswhichhadatfirstborneflowersidenticalwiththoseofthePAINTED
LADY，producedflowersstreakedandblotchedwithpurple;showinginthesedarkermarksatendencytoreversiontothemother—variety。AndrewKnight（11/124。’Transact。Linn。Soc。’volume9page268。）fertilisedtwowhitegrapeswithpollenoftheAleppogrape，whichisdarklyvariegatedbothinitsleavesandfruit。Theresultwasthattheyoungseedlingswerenotatfirstvariegated，butallbecamevariegatedduringthesucceedingsummer;
besidesthis，manyproducedonthesameplantbunchesofgrapeswhichwereallblack，orallwhite，orlead—colouredstripedwithwhite，orwhitedottedwithminuteblackstripes;andgrapesofalltheseshadescouldfrequentlybefoundonthesamefoot—stalk。