RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. In Chapt VII I must allude to andro-dioicous plants. CUL-DAR111.B8. 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 volume CUL-DAR111 contains notes on illegitimate progeny of dimorphic and trimorphic plants for Darwin's book Forms of flowers (1877).


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In Chapt VII I must allude to andro-dioecious plants — doubtfully or not (in enquiry) exist & I can account for this by supposing that the ♂ which does not yield seed not sufficiently important, (yet important enough for ♂ flowers on same Plant (Verbascum & Galium etc) — give [illeg] case in though under dioecious Polygamous — acer [illeg] Polygamous [illeg] sub-dioecious polygam — [Robinsia] sub-dioecious


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