RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1866.03. Pulmonaria officinalis. CUL-DAR110.A58. 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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March 1866
Pulmonaria officinalis this none be from long-styled by pollen of I. of Wight species
Black Thread 12 fl by pollen of long-styled.
done in wet = 12 Black & white Thread = 12
White Thread 12 fl by pollen of short-styled = 12
Not one of these set — a few seed have set spontaneously under net— Can the plant have become semi-sterile from long-cultivation by division of roots
Probably a really distinct species & sterile.—
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