RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1879.09.16. Stylidium. CUL-DAR209.3.55. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2022. RN1

NOTE: 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).

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Flowers

I must introduce case of Stylidium, (Gad) where sole case known to me, where circumnutation comes into play in Fertilisation; for when part whether the many stamens of Sparmannia aid in this respect is not known— nor whether movements of Labellum in certain orders come under the category of Circumnutation

Sep 16th 79/

[Power of movement in plants, p. 226.]

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