RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. (Weight and number of seeds, table and conclusions). CUL-DAR108.82. (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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4.21gr : illegitimate long-styled 356seed :: 5/9gr : x = (to nearest whole number) 499 ✔ 38.4 (divide by 13 for average per capsule
4.21gr : Legitimate long-styled 356 :: 9.3gr : x = 786 = 49.1 do 16
4.21 : Illegitimate short-styled 356 :: 0.9gr : x = 76 ✔= 19 do 4
4.21 : Legitimate short-styled 356 :: 6.1gr : x = 676 = 64.5 do 8.
4.21 : 356 :: 25.9gr. : x = 2191 p. 85.
(Conclusion)
Long-styled Legit. 6 pods 50 or 60 if one omitted — weight 49.1— say 50 or rather above
― ― Illegit. 13 pods 32.2. —do 38.4. say abut 35
Short-styled Legit. 5 pods 63.2. weight 64.5 say abut 64
― ― Illegit 5 pods 27.0 weight 19. say about 25 ??
Long-styled. Legit. max. 74
― Illegit. max 51
Short-style Legit. max 73
― Illig. max 49
P Sinensis
Two Legit. Union — say 57 — max 74
Two Illegit. Unions say 30 max. 51.
82v
8 flowers — produced 5 pods— average 28.6. { max 36
4 ― 4 pods 32.3 max. 45
6 ― 3 23.6 max. 35
18. 12 average of whole} 28.5
28.6 (x) 5 [=] 143.0 [+] 128.8 [+] 70.8 [=] 342.6 [÷] 12 [+] 28.5 32.2 (x) 4 [=] 128.8 23.6 (x) 3 [=] 70.8
64 Legit.— Max 74.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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