RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877. Cowslip / Length of pistil from top of ovary to top of stigma. CUL-DAR110.A15. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed 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).
A15
Cowslip Ap 30 1877
Length of pistil from top of ovary to top of stigma in long styled to ditto in short styled as 100 to 51.1
{Average of 10 flowers from 10 short styled plants & 10 flowers from 8 long styled plants
Length of anther of short styled to ditto long styled as 100 to 98.6 (Actual difference about 1/800 inch)
{Average of same 10 flowers of each kind}
Distance from middle of anther to middle of stigma in short styled to same distance in long styled as 100 to 90.4
[remaining deleted text not transcribed]Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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