RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864. One plant of long-styled wild Oxlip. CUL-DAR108.22. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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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(Used)
One plant of.— Long-styled — wild Oxlip
White thread White wool Black Thread— Black wool
(1864) 26. [+] 32. [+] 23. [+] 28. [+] 34. [=] 143 [÷] 5 5 [=] 28.6
0 [+] 21. very large [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 28 very large 1864 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 / 1863 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 20 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 6. [+] 10 [+] 0 / 1865 20. [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0
↑ ↑ ↑ ↑
Het. union by pollen of Primrose Het. union by pollen of Cowslip (Short-styled) Heteromorphic Union by pollen of short-styled oxlip Homo. union by pollen of long-styled Oxlip
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
10 (poor) [+] 7 do [+] 5 do [+] 6 very bad [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0. I do not suppose wd have germinated. 1864 11
13. (wretched seed wd. not have grown) [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [=] 62 [÷] 3 [=] 20.7
3. (so minute & shrinked wd. not have grown.) [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 N.B
0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 0
16 flower 16 flowers 14 20 flowers
14 20 flowers
(over)
22v
It is new fact that Hybrid Itself breaks through law of Dimrphism — Mem — other non-dimorphic
10 [+] 6 [+] 20 [=] 36 (÷) 3 [=] 12
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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