RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [8-13.10.1875]. Long-styled — wild / 2d lot a plant which grew in clump with others. CUL-DAR27.2.B55-B56. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. 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 folder CUL-DAR27.2 contains notes for and the draft of Darwin's paper 'On the sexual relations of the three forms of Lythrum salicaria'. 1864-5. F1731.
Darwin was in Southampton from 7-20 October 1875 as shown in the itinerary of Darwin in Paul van Helvert and John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.
B55
Long-styled — wild
Southampton; 2d lot, a plant which grew in clump with others
94
100
96
98
81
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(93.1 average. (this is fair average)
B56
Short-styled. Wild Southampton
Oct 8th & 13th
1 — 102
2 — 91
3 — 49
4 — 86
5 — 77
6 — 61
7 — 111
8 — 96
9 — 89
10 — 74
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(83.5 average seed per pod.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
File last updated 18 June, 2025