RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864. Mitchella repens / Stick means long-styled [tables comparing different modes of fertilisation]. CUL-DAR110.B84. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2025. RN1
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).
B84
Mitchella repens July 64
Stick means long-styled
Stick
Long-styled
White thread other pollen Black thread own pollen
No stick
Short-styled
White thread other pollen Black thread own pollen
[data not transcribed]
Wool wool black wool
Would receive own pollen probably
(Black & White Worl means long-styled)
* Aug 16 one wh to thread has set, but branch injured & will probably drop off
B84v
(Plenty of nectar)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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