RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1865.05.27. Pulmonaria. CUL-DAR110.A57. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1
NOTE: Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR108-111 contain material for Darwin's book Forms of flowers (1877). See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.
May 27th 1865 this year— Pulmonaria Isle of W. Long-styled under net set no seeds — several flowers 12 fert by pollen of long-styled P. officinalis, (which sets closely) set not one seed— Grafting
P. officinalis, all plants seedlings from L. Hill are long-styled — Exposed to insect with no flower of genus near— certainly set a good many seed— very far with even 2 seed to one flower — Most differ from German form.—
I gathered most but not all of less than half the flowers (when 1/2 withered) of the one plant so carefully gnarled, & it produced 47 seeds — so that Ø
(Pulmonaria)
(I may say one whole plant fully produced between nearly 5 dozen near a hundred seed) Only 5 flowers produced 2 seed, & none, as far as I saw, produced either 3 or 4 seed— Some of the seed seemed small — — There were seeds from other plant.—
N.B. There were eleven seedlings raised from long-styled L. Hill Plants plant & all these are long-styled— (Used)
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