RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1866. Short-styled common oxlip. CUL-DAR108.24a. (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 12.2022. RN2
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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These results are not worked into my Paper
Short-styled Common oxlip 1866
8 fl legi by pollen of l long-seed Cowslip White Thread |||||||| (0000 0000) — Result
8 fl illegm by pollen shored Cowslip Black Thread |||||||| (0000 0000) — Result
(Used)
8 fl by pollen of long-seed Primrose White wool (||||||||| =8 / 8 poor / omihese during we (done) Black Thread |||||||| =8 (20. fine [+] 5 poor [+] 10 do [+] 19 fine [+] 24 fine [=] 84) → 8 fl were fert
8 fl by pollen of shored Primrose Black wool |||||||| during wet = 8 (done) white Thread |||||||| = 8
/ 5 12. / Counll se 6 flowers. = 2/16 sen s illegitimate union average seed 8.5
8 fl were fert Legitimately by pollen from long-styled Primrose & produced 5/8 pods, but in two of them the seed were poor ─ the 3 pods with good seed had averaged of 20 [+] 19 [+] 19 [+] 24 [=] 63/3 (21.0 seed per pod.
Under the net, neither short nor long-styled set one single Pod─
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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