RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Common Cowslip fertilised by mid-styled Red Cowslip (numbers of seeds). CUL-DAR108.103. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. 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 volumes CUL-DAR108-111 contain material for Darwin's book Forms of flowers (1877).
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Common Cowslip fertilised by mid-styled Red cowslip
long-styled 10 fl. fert. & 6 producing 49 [+] 58 [+] 24 [+] 9 [+] 21 [+] 20 [=] 181 181 [-] 9 [=] 173 [÷] 5 [=] 34.4
short-styled 10 fl fert & not
(Used)
Short-styled 10 fl fert. & 7 set, producing 24 fine [+] 11 [+] 9 [+] 20 [+] 9 [+] 18 [+] 11 [=] 102 [÷] 7 [=] 14.5
Hence pollen of Red Cowslip belongs to short-styled form
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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