RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].06.13-14. Camellia Japonica / Draft ofCross and self fertilisation, folio 628. CUL-DAR209.3.89-90. 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: 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. 363.

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(Camellia Japonica: circumnutation of leaf, illuminated from above, traced on vertical glass from 6˚40' a.m on Jun 14' to 6˚50' a.m on the 15', apex of leaf 12 inches in line of sight from the vertical glass, so tracing considerably magnified. Temp 16˚- 16 1/2˚C.)

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average only 1.45 seeds, whilst some artificially self-fertilised fruits on the same plants contained more than twice as many, viz, 3.3 seeds.

Bignonia (unnamed species) (Bignoniaceæ) quite sterile: see my account of self-sterile plants.

Digitalis purpurea (Scrophulariaceæ) extremely sterile, only a few poor capsules having being produced.

Linaria vulgaris (d˚) extremely sterile.

Antirrhinum majus, ( red var.) do, & fifty pods gathered

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