RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1876-1877]. Draft of Forms of flowers. CUL-DAR111.A54. 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: 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).
The text of this draft corresponds to Forms of flowers, p. 337, n*.
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Adansonia. H. Baillon Tom 2 1861-1862
p 58 — in many flowers the grains emit their tubes, pass they without having come into contact with the stigma — the tube advance horizontally in the air towards the stigma
*(a) Bentham asserts (that ) though this pollen-tubes are emitted from that with many plants pollen- grains of many flowers, which have not emit their tribe without having come into contact with to stigma, & that may be seen advancing horizontally in through the air towards the stigma.— I have observed the emission of the tubes from grow still without the anther in 3 considerably distinct Orchidean genus, many Aceras Malaxis & Neottia: see the various contrivances by which O. are fertilised
2d Edit p 258.—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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