RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1878.06].14-16. Acanthus mollis / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation. CUL-DAR209.3.64. 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).
Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of the draft corresponds to Cross and self fertilisation, p. 375.
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The shape of the nectary and of the adjoining parts is even are likewise related to the particular kinds of insects which habitually visit the flowers: this has been well shown by H. Müller by his comparison of lowland species which are chiefly visited by bees, with
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