RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1842.05.02. Found large leaved-smooth Holly Zoolog Garden with no pistil. CUL-DAR109.A1. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2022. 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).

The brown crayon number '10' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Rudimentary & abortive organs.


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(May 2d. 1842)

Found large leaved-smooth Holly Zoolog Garden with no pistil, but mere bluntly conical ball at base, slightly divided into 2 or 3 partition obscure partition, with an echanise margin = Hooker says "no pistil" character of some flowers? some trees =

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