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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1861]. Abstract of Kurr, Untersuchungen über die Bedeutung der Nektarien in den Blumen, etc. CUL-DAR261.10.5a. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. RN1

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Kurr, Johann Gottlob von. 1833. Untersuchungen über die Bedeutung der Nektarien in den Blumen: auf eigene Beobachtungen und Versuche gegründet. Stuttgart: Henneschen Buchhandlung.

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(J. G. Kurr Proteaceae) (Will you keep this till flowering season if necessary) (Kew)

p. 32 Grevillea & Hakea Embothrium Lomatia Stenocarpus} nectary on one side.

Is the pistil bent to that side?

I imagine the other genera have not lop-sided nectary.

p. 54 Caprifoliaceæ in most (if I understand) the nectary on one side; but in some as Cornus & Viburnum not on one side— how are pistils?

p 57 In Saxifraga punctata, umbrosa & cuneifolia nectar secreted on one side whereas in S. decipiens, trifurcata, mutata cressifolia & granulata it surrounds the germen.

How is pistil in the 3 first species. In S. sarmentosa the nectary is on one side & pistil is bent to the side.—

p. 71. In Melianthus major, nectary lateral; how is pistil?

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