RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1866. Ox(alis) speciosa Young Plants / Short-styled / Long-styled. CUL-DAR109.B13-B14. (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).
B13
1866 Ox. speciosa. Young Plants
☞ Short-styled, See abut castration
White Thread Black Th, White wool Black wool silk
by pollen of own-form longer stamen by pollen of own-form shorter stamens by pollen of short stamens of Long-styled by pollen of long stamen of long-styled
Illegitimate Illegitimate Legitimate Illegitimate
||||| = 5 fl ||| = 3 fl || = 2 fl. || = 2 fl
—— —— —— ——
8. 69. [+] 78
/Used
32 [+] 46 [=] 78
/over
B13v
1866 Oxalis speciosa— Young Plants
☞ Long-styled
White Thread Black Thread White wool Black wool
own form — pollen from longer stamens own-form pollen from shorter stamens from long stamens of short-styled by short stamens of short-styled
Illegitimate Illegitimate Legitimate Illegitimate
1 flower 1 flower 2 flowers 1 flower
41. 18 [+] 23 [=] 41
11 ?? Thread lost say did not cross 30 36 [+] 16 52 [+] 65 11 ? Thread lost Better say did not cross
B14
Short-sty Oxalis speciosa. 1866 Young Plants
A seedling short-styled Plant
Pollen from longer stamens 15—16/7000
do ― short st. 12—13/7000
Both measured dry } The two masses of pollen placed along side plainly differed in size
Feb 19' White Thread ✔ Short-styled
(No 1.) Own pollen from longer stamens I. castrated lower anthers.
March 2d. Black Th. ✔ own pollen from shorter stamens
(do)— 5 White wool pollen of long stamens of short-sty Het
(No 1.) March 5. White wool ✔ pollen from shortest stamens of long-styled — Het Union.—
No. 2. March 14th White wool ✔ (as above)
No. I. ― White Thread ✔ (as above)
III. April 17th ✔ White Thread as above
March 23d
No I. Black Th. ✔ own pollen from shorter stamen
White the ✔ own pollen from longer stamens
No 2. White Th. ✔. do— do.—
April 17. No I Black ✔ silk by pollen of long st of long-styled
― II. do ✔ do; but some of own pollen from shorter stamen got on—
― I Black ✔ Th. (as above)
B14v
anther —
stem
White Th
= 5
— anther
White thread.
— anther
Long-styled long-styled
Short styled Short-styled
S.
anther
anther
Mid-sty ? mid-styled theoretical
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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