RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864.07.02. Oxalis speciosa / Wool long-styled / Thread short-styled [number of seeds]. CUL-DAR109.B25. 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).
[B25]
Oxalis speciosa July 2' 64
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Plants unhealthy especially during second set of experiment
à (Better neglect the whole of this as useless)
(see over)
[B25v]
Pollen of long-styled plainly smaller—
{2 sets of anthers closely together & corresponding with short stigmas
But from which anthers?? (not stated)
Long-styled — pollen 12-13/7000; of short-styled 16-17/7000 ie as 3 to 4 in diameter.
In long-styled the 2 sets of anthers stand much more closely together than in short-styled, in which they stand further apart; the stigma of long-styled on level only with upper anthers.
On the other hand stigma of short-styled nearly on level with both sets of anthers of long-styled.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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