RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1862-1864.05.20. Menyanthes. CUL-DAR110.B48-B52. 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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Menyanthes May 20/64 Short-pistil about 2/3 of length of pistil of long-styled. Stigma of long-styled stands rather beneath anther of long stamen of lo short-styled─
Size of anther seem variable.─ It is capital case of dimorphism.─ Longer stamen nearly twice as long as shorter stamen─
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1862. Menyanthes from Kew. Short-styled set its own pods in plenty. but none germinated.
Menyantheæ a sib-tribe of Gentianeæ
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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