[B95]

Pontederia

Long-styled stigma pistil exceeding by a little the length of corolla too narrow from base to tips of petals.─ extremity of pistil bend upwards at ∟

3 upper anthers stood rather above middle of corolla with filament similarly bent upwards ─ somewhat unequal in length

3 lower anthers standing 1 above the other near base of corolla ─ unequal in length

Mid-styled ─ pistil 1/2 length of corolla, extremity a little bowed to one side with stigma on level with longest anther of ling-styled form.

3 upper anthers

anthers of 3 longest stamens standing about on level with stigma of long-styled ─ anther of 3 shortest stamens corresponding with the shortest one of long-styled

Short-styled ─ pistil very short ─ straight ─ to stigma with [illeg] to level of the shorter stamens in the [illeg] The longest stigma corresponding with those of mid-styled ─ the short mid-length with those of long-styled

[Longest stamen not equal in length)

(May 9th 1877)

Stigma of long-styled 65 divisions

─ short-sty 40─ ─ I must say ab 7 to 4 ─ breadth of the tip

mid-styled less than long-styled

[B95v]

[Proof sheet of Cross and self fertilisation, p. 196.]