RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1865.05.27. Pulmonaria. CUL-DAR110.A57. 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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May 27th 1865 this year— Pulmonaria Isle of W. Long-styled under net set no seeds — several flowers 12 fert by pollen of long-styled P. officinalis, (which sets closely) set not one seed— Grafting

P. officinalis, all plants seedlings from L. Hill are long-styled — Exposed to insect with no flower of genus near— certainly set a good many seed— very far with even 2 seed to one flower — Most differ from German form.—

I gathered most but not all of less than half the flowers (when 1/2 withered) of the one plant so carefully gnarled, & it produced 47 seeds — so that Ø

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(I may say one whole plant fully produced between nearly 5 dozen near a hundred seed) Only 5 flowers produced 2 seed, & none, as far as I saw, produced either 3 or 4 seed— Some of the seed seemed small — — There were seeds from other plant.—

N.B. There were eleven seedlings raised from long-styled L. Hill Plants plant & all these are long-styled— (Used)


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