RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877.11.21. Solanum palinacanthum. CUL-DAR133.19.26. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2023. RN1

NOTE: Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.

Darwin, C. R. 1877. Fritz Müller on flowers and insects. Nature. 17 (29 November): 78-79. F1781

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Solanum palinacanthum v? Novr 21-77. Flowers dried sent by F. Müller; in the short-styled stigma much smaller & pistil much shorter than in the long-styled ─ anthers large, of about same size, in the 2 forms; but as pollen-grain seen equally good & of same size in the 2 forms I do not believe sp. is heterostyled, & theoretically it wd be a great anomaly, as wd not ensure cross-fertilisation.─

See letter Nature Nov. 1877.

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