RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. n.d. Cordia dry pollen of one form cannot be distinguished. CUL-DAR110.B27. 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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Cordia dry pollen of one form cannot be distinguished from that of the other in size

Erythox — dry pollen of short styled is to that of long as 100 to 93

Limnath:

Stigma of long styled to stigma of short as 100 to 55.5 50

Anthers of short style to anther of long styled in length as 100 to 70

Pollen grains equal in size and similar in appearance in the two forms.

I can't make out the papillæ


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