RECORD: Darwin. William Erasmus & Darwin, C. R. n.d. Rhamnus [drawings of magnified pollen grains]. CUL-DAR109.A47-A48. (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 2.2026. 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).
[A47]
Rhamnus
short pistilled
broom bad
Long pistilled
some of these a little damp from open stamen in bud
(Cert[illeg] layer) - just some of which ought to occur if once hereditary
[A47v]
In ♀ flower do the [illeg] stamen differ in length - to layer
7 8 8
[A48]
Rhamnus
Short styled Long styled
(Very little difference)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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