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July 7th Porliera (Secured to stick)
9° 34' |
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10. 30' down & to left right — first trustworthy mark |
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11. 22' back, parallel,— ie up & to left |
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11. 37— same course |
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12. 30 far up |
Distance of apex 7 1/2 inches |
1. 5 still up |
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4. 40 a good way down |
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5. 40 far down— almost impossible to see well |
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6 do do do |
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8th. 6°. 45' ⨀ |
July 9th ⊡ |
7. 40 up. |
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8. 25 same spot |
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8° 40 down |
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9. 28 very little down |
on both days by 4° 3'0 had |
10. 18 a good way down |
the nocturne fall had commenced |
11. 7 down. |
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12. 20' down |
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1. 70° do |
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2. 4. risen ! |
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2. 32 do. |
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3. 5 do. |
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3. 55 a little up & right |
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4. 32 down & to right |
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5 25 far down |
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6. 15 do . |
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of frequent self-fertilisation. By what graduated steps
this condition was acquired we do not know. But we can see that if a lowly organised form in which the two sexes were represented. by somewhat different individuals were either before or after conjugation to increase by budding, the two incipient sexes would be apt to reappear by buds on the same stock. The being organism would then be in a monœcious condition, and this is probably the first step towards hermaphroditism; for if very simple male and female flowers on the