RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864. drawings of magnified seed and pollen from Cowslips. CUL-DAR108.83-88. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed 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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Yellow Cowslip Long styled Yellow Cowslip short styled Red Cowslip
84
April 30th 1864
Red cowslip pollen magnified 350 times
Mid-styled i.e. style just below & touching anthers - a seedling from J Scotts plant-
Short styled yellow cowslip magnified 350 times
Long styled yellow Cowslip magnified 350 times
84v
Good measurements by William of 2 forms of common Cowslip & Red both dry & wet
1864 — 1865
Oxlip
85
Cattell Horwood Cattell
Short-styled opaque yellower rounder
Middle style
This was a white long-styled plant in stamens only with a short pistil
I think averaging rather longer than long styled tho' more are imperfect
(Long styled)
slightly more transparent than middle styled?
86
Equal to long-styled
Just as long as in long-styled
Short-styled Long-styled bigger pollen
Pinkbar S styled
(I)
Mid-styled
IV Var
M styled perfect stamens plant (no 1)
(2) (2)
IV. Vars M. Styled
Plant No 2. Very imperfect stamens
(3)
Long styled – short stamen
L. styled
IV. Var
(4)
87
? whether burst or squashed
10. Var. Plant No 3
M. Styled apparently perfect stamens with very short style shorter than No's 2 or 3
Mid-styled
(5)
88
Cattells Plant Cattell's Plant
? whether properly soaked
pollen grains yellowed Short-styled O. Sinnous
March 12th 1864
Long Styled
Pollen grains almost entirely transparent
W. E. Darwin
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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