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Novr 18th 1862. Grandchildren of plant on shelf

One of Horwoods seedlings (D) flowered & pulled up (a)

(a second one pulled up.)

Mid-styled — stigma in middle of anthers

Nov. 28th. C. {6 long-styled flowers self-fertilised Black worsted 2 fl by pollen of short-styled B white wool

I suspect one of these crossed wrong ie one heteromorphically insted of homomorphic; so if one very different no. of seed reject it.—

Dec. 6th C. 6 6 fl self-fertilised Black thread

… 4 fl by pollen of B white thread

― 17 6 C 6 fl. self-fertilised Black thread — Homomorphic.

 4 fl. by pollen of B White thread quasi Heteromorphic.

Nov. 28. B 4 fl short-styled self-fertilised by own form pollen black worsted

Dec. 6. B 5 fl self-fert. by own- black wool

― B 2 fl by pollen of long-styled C. white wool

― 17 16 B 3 fl self-fertilised Black wool. wood Homomorphic

B 4 fl by pollen of C white wool — quasi Heteromorphic

Dec. 21. A short-styled self-fertilised Black-thread (pollen seems food & very abundant

 25. A— 1. do

― 31 A— by pollen of long-styled C. white thread

Jan 6th. A. 2 self Black Thread

When A is [few words illeg]

— 1 pollen of C. white thread.

― 16 2 white thread — 3 Black thread.

― 23 5. Black— thread. —

Auricula & C. flowers of

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It agrees with law of spec characters which differ much in species (ie length of pistil) differing in d individuals of same species — this fact of P. Sinensis varying sexually, though is so important a manner functionally

(a) Dec. 15 gathered pulled up a third flower plant of Horwood D same sort of mid-styled.— a 4th pulled up.: a 5th pulled one of these D had smooth petals like nearly all C.' (so modify statement): in one of D. stigma projected a little above anther which are seated low instead of being surrounded by them as in all others.— 6th plant pulled up; this had the stigma a little above anthers.

(D) self-fertilised 7 5 flowers Dec. 25— I see all Jan 6th self-fertilised 3 flowers Black thread plants D are very dwarf for sure than C

Jan 16 Three more flowers Black thread

11 flowers self-fert

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Dec. 6 (D.) I examined one of Horwoods seedlings, I find that stamens do not rise so high as D in short-styled; & style rises higher than in do; so that in both organs in intermediate condition.)

(I have just— examined an Auricula, in which stamens are long & pistil came up nearly to base, so approaches to long-styled. (mem. Reversion in Oxlips.) Auricula

Dec. 11. I have examined another of D & I find that stamens seated low down just as in Long-styled; but the & stigma pistil not hardly higher than in is as in short-styled: here change has exclusively, or almost, in length of stamens pistil: I feel almost certain (see D notes) that last year the parent wa had longer stamen at mouth of corolla & a pistil nearly as long as in & long-styled— This year both are short, instead.

D 7th. plant in pot pulled up/ 8th & 9th pulled up/ 10th & 11th pulled up. 12th & 13th pulled up — — so with 3 in pots makes 16 all midstyled

Plants of D. —

A (3

Dec. 17th. 1862 — I counted Seedlings

A., 2 not flowered

B— 15 plants all short-styled which have yet flowered, with fine red fringed flowers

C

C — 24 plants all that have flowered long-styled (a) Back

24 [+] 27 [=] 51

D. Horwoods Seedling 4 in Pots, (but one will die) & several in pan, some already pulled up. — One produced only monster flower — in fact only one plant left

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(a). Jan 3d. One of C. has stigma within tube of corolla, decidedly shorter than in other C'.— And we have seen amongst D one had stigma decidedly above anthers, between them & above C very little difference so that undoubtedly they graduate into each other.

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Dec. 17th 62. When I saw the long-styled C young seedlings growing so fast, I think I shd have very fine flowers, but to day as Lettington called remarked the whole lot seem to have gone back to a wild state like in shape common primrose (N.B if this be reversion bears on these becoming mid-styled) Though in ordinary seedlings, whence these have some generations ago descended vary; yet it was most striking to see what a poor lot these were in small pale, rather narrow petals, sometime not touching, flat with edge smooth & in middle deeply notched. The seedlings B. had larger flowers darker purple, broader so as to almost overlap with whole margin waved & notched. Of C. which have already flowered 3 are slightly wave on margin of petals all rest quite smooth. — Yellow centre conspicuous.—

There is no doubt that C. were ahead of Horwoods seedling D & both A & B at one time.—

Decr 19th. Certainly great majority of A & B are still smaller plants than C; four of B are nearly as large.—

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Jan 6th 1863

(C.) long styled 5 flowers by pollen of short-styled B A white Bobbin

(C.C.) rather — short-styled flower of long-styled class with own pollen 2, black-threads

Jan 16. 3 more flowers. do — But in some flower stigma almost full length:

one plant of D in pot with with all anthers mid-nectary or des rather destitute of pollen & shrivelled dark brown & shrivelled & never dehisce — a very dwarf-plant— may be said to "contabescent"

Jan 21. I carefully examined pollen of this one whole plant & I found pollen consisting of millions of most minute cells which did not swell — utterly worthless— All female organs perfect — will explain probably contabescence. — One or two flowers on this plant had perfect anthers! I found some contabescent anthers in long-styled C.

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D "Seedlings from Horwoods seedlings — mid-styled. "These are grandchildren of Horwood from "original plants— sown Jun 1. 1862. Copy of Label.

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(C) (Summary)

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C fertilised by themselves

23 Plants produced 49 pods of which 34 developed seed

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Say 23 plants produced 311 seeds— whilst 13 long-styled plants produced 25.9 grain of seed, calculate how many.)

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(22.2 average, if all beneath 10 omitted but the 20 pods contained beneath 10 seed — And 15 contained no seeds.

If only these below 5 with 5 & below omitted, then we have 24 pods & average of only 16.4 per pods. There are 10 pods with 5 or less seed.

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one Plant (C.C.) one of C. lot with pistil rather shorter but variable

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(Black thread fertilised with own pollen)

5 8 flowers self fertilise, all produced pods containing on average 43 seeds each.

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D Horwoods seedlings.

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I never before saw such numbers as 82 & 97— 74 largest ever from Heteromorphic alliance number before I believe — If, as I believe descended from long-styled, which is less fertile, still more striking

to 66. 67

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December 12— 1862. Mr Horwood saved some of his old Plants of last year of "Ducks seedlings", & I have just seen one flower from each: there are 7 long-styled; & two with stamens as in long-styled i.e. low, but with pistil just reaching to their middle.

Mr H. [Horwood] saved seed from Ducks seedlings last year, & now I have examined one flower from 16 plants, 12 are like my seedlings D from "Horwoods Seedlings" viz stamens short, as in long-styled, but with pistil reaching only to middle of anther; 2 belong to this same class, but have stigma reaching a little above anthers; & 2 are regularly long-styled. —