RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1841.06. Found in retired lane on road side where perhaps there had been manure. CUL-DAR205.10.37. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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-DAR205.10 contains notes on variation and varieties. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.


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Shrewsbury July/41/ Found in retired lane on road side where perhaps there had been manure heap — one daisy plant; with marginal florets 6 or 7 deep & pinkish coloured— disc small.

Found on bank at home a plantain stalk, very thick, with head crowned with star of narrow green leaves & only a very few female florets & not one male one in the irregular & monstrous centre of star.—


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