RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Work in in first chapter P. veris. CUL-DAR110.A11. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1
NOTE: 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). See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.
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Work in in first chapter
P. veris
p. 424 Printed p. 220 M.S
44 short-styled fertilised with their own pollen set 26 capsules ie as 100 to 52
p. 425 printed p. 221. M.S
56 long-styled flowers fertilise with their own pollen set 27 capsules as 100 to 48
26 [+] 27 [=] 53
(I might add number of flowers given in Chapter I to these & strike a very trustworthy average
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This gives proportion of flowers which set for 2 illegitimate unions together.
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