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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.05. Nephrodium molle / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation. CUL-DAR209.3.242. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN2

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-DAR209.3 contains materials on Circumnutation of leaves and hyponasty for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).

Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of the draft corresponds to Cross and self fertilisation, p. 349.

[242]

Nephrodium May 1878

Left Hand young fr

28th

9°15 · am ⨀

10 · 30

12. 30

2°·

3°.

4°

5. 15

5· 55

8 15

9· 23

10 50

At 5° P.m

Tem 15½ cent

day very uniform

say 16–to 15 Cent

at 6° 15° C.

9' do

6· 40

8°

9 . 5

9. 55

11° marks hidden

12 a little up. I believe correct

1°

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(thirdly; : the plants of Nicotiana which ~~I cultivated~~

come under the ~~came head with the~~ present class of cases; ~~ask gia~~

varied in their sexual constitution, and were ~~all~~ m

self-fertile. They were probably, ~~descended~~ the offspring of from plan

~~been self-~~ spontaneously fertilised themselves under glass for several generations in this country

on the parent-plants which were first fertilised with i

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)