RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864.05. Six plants raised from short-styled Primrose by pollen of common Polyanthus. CUL-DAR108.71. 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
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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May 1864. Six plants raised from short-styled Primrose by pollen of common Polyanthus have now flowered. In umbel & general appearance identical with common oxlip, except perhaps flowers rather larger, & dirty red; yet flower not larger than our oxlip. — Foliage also like oxlip & different from cowslip & primrose —
Case of Oxlip interesting from frequent discussion —& as commonest Hybrid in world—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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