RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864.04. Pulmonaria angustifolia. CUL-DAR110.A44. (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 1.2023. 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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Pulmonaria angustifolia Isle of Wight. April 1864

Long-styled

Black thread own pollen Plant No. I.

White thread, pollen of short-styled

Short-styled

Black Thread own pollen

White thread pollen of long-styled.-

4. Long-styled Plants

14 short-styled

1 white did not flower

May 16 Uncovered th

long-styled Plants & same [words illeg]

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The long-styled all marked with stick—

Pulmonaria officinalis from garden Leith Hill— parent Plants were long-styled, so are all the seedlings — 6 flowers of latter (black thread) fertilised with own pollen.—


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