RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. [1878?].07.02-05. Vicia faba / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation. CUL-DAR209.3.317-319. (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 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, pp. 419, 382, 412-3, respectively.


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Bean

July 2d

6° 40' am  Temp 18° C

 

8   to right (shaken)

9    to left & up

10  up & to right

11     down

12    to right & down same course

1°     down

2     do

3°     down & to left

4°    up & to right ‒ back parallel

5    & do     —       do

6°  far up & to right .

7 . 15  .  do  .  do

8  50   far up or same course

10. 35.   do   do    guess

𔏣       almost asleep

3d 6° 48

   8. 12    down

   9     almost same spot

  10. 4   to right & little up

  11. 5     same course down.

  12°      to left

   1°      up on old line

   2°     up     do

   3 8    down & to left

   4 4    vertically down

   5. 19   . up

   6. 12      up high

   7. 15   greatly up near Frame

   8. 50   above glass

 4th 6°  45'     ⨀

    8 .30'   down

    10.  15   down

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[Other fragments of this are at CUL-DAR209.3.289 and 295.]

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Bean [sketches]

July 3

46 ½

46 ½

90 [-] 33 [=] 57

 

90 [-] 46 ½ [=] 43 ½

90 [-] 36 [=] 54

 

July 3

12°. 20'   43° 30 —   Petiole & leaflet above Horizon

  7. 20     57° above Horizon

   9h    54° above Horizon

10 . 45     62°. 30' above Horizon

    P.m

   62. 30 [-] 43 30 [=] 19 0

  July 4th 10° 20'   39° above Horizon

 

90 [-] 27 ½ [=] 62 ½

 

62. 30 [-] 39 [=] 23. 30

 

90 [-] 51 [=] 39

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662 51

Chap. E 10

have been acquired by a species before those which prevent self-fertilisation; as it would manifestly be injurious to a plant that its stigma should fail to receive its own pollen, unless it had already become well adapted for receiving pollen from another individual. Some It should also be observed that many plants still possess a high power of self-fertilisation, although their flowers are excellently constructed for cross-fertilisation; for instance, those of many papilionaceous species.

It may be admitted as almost certain that some structures, such as a narrow elongated nectary, or a long tubular corolla, have been developed in

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July 4' Bean Leaflet (same) petiole secured close behind it

Distance of tip from glass } 6 5/8 

 

11. 12   down & to right

11  30      same course

12.      down & to right

12. 45   risen considerably

1. 27     same course

2. 12     up & much to right

3. 3     up

3. 30    do

4°    a little down

4° 30    same spot

5      an atom risen

5. 26'    up a little & to left

6°       up & to right

6° 30   considerably up.

7. 15   up   .

8     up

8.  50   up & to left

9. 30       little to right

10 .  up & to right

10. 35     to right & little do

Length of Leaf 3.1 to end of leaflet

      of Leaflet 1.4

5th 6° 45

   8. 30   down

   9. 15   to left

   9  40     down

   10. 5      do.

   10. 50   right

5th cont—

  11°  5 down

  11. 50   to left

  12. 36   down & to right

  1°     to right

  1. 25   up & to left

  2     to right

2. 36    up

3°  down & to left

3. 30   up & to right

4°  5     well up.

4. 30   up

5 . 15     do

6 . 30'   up.

7° . 12.  up

8 . 25   same course

9.15 still up

10. 15   down little

6th 6° 25'

̅̅  8° 45'

    10. 30 to right

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was a tree bearing numerous hermaphrodite flowers would rarely intercross with another tree unless pollen from a distinct individual were was prepotent over the plants own pollen. Now the separation of the sexes, whether the plant be were anemophilous are entomophilous, would most effectually bar the inter-crossing self-fertilisation, and this may be the cause of so many trees and bushes being diclinous. Or to put the case in another way, a plant would be better fitted for development into a tree, if the sexes were separated, than if it were hermaphrodite; for in the former


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