RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864.02.17. Sphaerostemma fragrans. CUL-DAR49.101. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR49 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 3 on 'On...organic beings occasionally crossing' or dichogamy.
Feb. 17/64- Sphaerostemma fragrans
When shaken clouds of pollen. Corolla so small as to be little conspicuous. Stigma projects & plumose. Filaments long & rigid but what is curious connective of anther consists of a thin membranous plate which shakes with the slightest breath of air. Fertilized by wind.
Odd as sweet smell look like insect
(Dichogamy)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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