RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. How extraordinary the resemblance in pollen-masses in Asclepiadæ. CUL-DAR205.5.208. 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: Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.5 contains notes on the principle of divergence, transitional organs and instincts. See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.
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How extraordinary the resemblance in pollen-masses in Asclepiadæ & orchideæ— a regular monocoty dicotyledonous & monocot monocotyledonous.— no points of connection apparently Robert Brown remarks briefly on this — far more striking case than spines of ornithorhynchus Echidna & Hedgehog & Porcupines & rats.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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