RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1863. Homomorphic seedlings / United in 1863. CUL-DAR109.B40-B41. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 11.2022. RN2
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).
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(April 1864) (United in 1863) Homomorphic seedlings
crosses made of 1863
(i.e seedling from own pollen) from long-styled Plant
(1.) Plant did not produce any pods - Long-styled plants
(2) Plants produced 10 pods.. Long styled plants (White wool)
(1) 7 or 8 seeds, but hardly any perfect
(2) fewer seeds
(3) worse (sterile)
(4. - 16 fair seeds
(5) - 0 good seed
(6) - 2 pretty good seeds
(3) produced 18 pods long-styled plant
(1.) few wretched seed
(2) - about 4 good seed
(3) - 9 good seeds
(4.) - 8 goodish seed
(5) - 10 goodish seed
(4) produced of pods - long-styled Plants
(1) - 12 moderately good seeds
(2) 15 do.
(3) 6 do.
(4) - 15 moderately good seed
(5) - 4. do do
(pretty fertile)
5. Plant no seed: long-styled
6. - did not flower
7. House seedling from Mid-styled
Long-styled 1865 1st flower opened only on Aug 6th
(White wool)
106 white thread very fine seed
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(This pollen var would not cross)
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April 1864 1863 Homomorphic Lythrum seedlings
8. a long-styled seedling, from a homomorphically raised from a mid-styled plant — [illeg] flower with only homomorphic long-styled & all mid—styled plant This whole plant produced only 10 pods
10 poor seeds
15 poor seeds
11 do
16 rather better seed
6 very poor seed
I remember many of stamen without pollen & partly aborted
9. Long-styled Hom. seedling from long-styled plant.— white wool produced very many pods.—
23 good seeds
7 moderately good
10 do
7 good seeds
18 goodish seeds (most fertile of any)
10. Long-styled Hom. seedling from long-styled white wool — produced only 7 pods.
0 seed
1 mentioned
0
1
2 seed
0
1 poor
(very sterile)
(In 1864 Did not ripen any pod, though so well watered)
It was either 9. or 10. of which 12 flowers were fertilised by heteromorphically good pollen of mid-styled & not one set.!!!
White wool means was in flower at same time with common heteromorphic plant /over
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It is pretty clear that hom. mid-styled has wretched pollen but in female organ is very fairly fertile.— as old common plant was in fert. flower, I think pollen of both kinds of Homos: must be poor.— As no. 9 set a good many good seeds, the great sterility of many plants can hardly be accounted for by season or growth of plants.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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