RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Dyer / There are many cases in Hermaphrodite flowers. CUL-DAR109.A52. 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
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[A52]
Dyer
There are many cases with in Hermaphrodite flowers plants plant of some or a whole vertical of stamens being represented by rudiments — do such cases occur in Hermaphrodite plants flowers with the pistils?
I suppose so, but from ignorance cannot cannot clearly recollect any except with some Compositæ, & here the rudimentary style is functionally of use in swaying the pollen out of conjoined anthers.
C. Darwin
[A52v]
Eichler Bluthendiogramme
Triglochin
3 perfect stigma & 3 rudimentary stigmas
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