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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. White worsted means pollen of Het. CUL-DAR108.136. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1

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White worsted means pollen of Het: 6 flowers, long-styled; this I believe wd be homomorphic for the mid-styled are in fact long-styled

Black worsted means (6 flowers) crosse by pollen → of short-styled Heteromorph

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true minute drop drawn through end of spine of viscid fluid. The bottle is already granulated, but granulation more plain after explosion, & bottle shrinks & becomes darker.— If bottle itself is touched no explosion— So stamen surrounded like Repens bottle, with little sensitive spines.— Pollen which falls clings to them after bursting.—

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