RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1865-1866. Seedling Red Cowslip (no 28) from Mr Scott almost equal-styled [tables]. CUL-DAR108.104-107. Edited by John van Wyhe (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 folder CUL-DAR108 contains materials for Forms of flowers. Illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants, mainly Primulae. 1862-1877.


104

1865

Seedling Red Cowslip (no 28.) from Mr Scott almost equal-styled

A 10 ft. by own pollen black thread

B 10 ft. by pollen of long & short-stylescourse combe white thread

C self-fertilised without aid

[table figures not transcribed]

Then 2 plants are conjointly included in above number 10

No (40) with stigma a little below anther, but afterwards thrusted up a truss with stigma a little above anther!

For plants 1866

104v

[calculation]

105

1865

Seeding Red Cowslip (equal-styled)

No 27 strictly equal-styled with stamens not top of [illeg]

By own pollen Black thread flowers

Self-fert

By both pollen of common cowslip

In 1866 very good pods

Then 2 plants are included in above number of flower [illeg] of 19 & 16

No 37 like 27 but had little pollen, much have had colour as soon flowers are self-fertilised.

No 44 strictly equal-styled, not fertilised all self-fertilised

All rather small but apparently good seeds

106

1865

Red Cowslip seedlings for Scott.

No 41 short-styled —all Self-fertilised

See 1866

This plant produced extraordinary long [illeg] any other stamen with styles [illeg]

In 1866 average 35.1 for 18 pods

No 39 a short-styled plant (like in 41)

8 ft. by pollen of a long-styled red cowslip Black Th.

8 ft by pollen of long-styled common cowslip White Th.

Self-fertilised

See 1866

(nothing)

No 26 a long-styled plant

8 ft by pollen of short-styled red cowslip Black

8 ft by pollen of short-styled common cowslip white

Self-fertilised These ought to be self-fertilised

See for structure 1866

107

[not transcribed]


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