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


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