RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1842.07.19. [Note on Sutherlandia frutescens]. CUL-DAR205.1.31. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2021. 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-DAR205.1 contains notes on rudimentary organs.
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Zoolog. Gardens July 19th 1842
In Sutherlandia frutescens the wing-petals are abortive, just as the standard is in the Erythrina Loudons Encyclop of Plants p. 598 says in Erythrina alœ are in some cases almost obliterated in Amorpha alœ & carina absent. In trifolium they cohere.
In Asphodelus luteus [sketch]
(1) represents base of upper stamens, as it stands on stem, is also 3/4 of length of 3 & 5, which are the longest: 2 & 6 are very short about one third of length of longest, otherwise perfect & all shedding pollen anther proportionally smaller: 3 & 5 the longest: 4 about half as long as longest.
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