RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Muraltia ericaefolia [hand-coloured illustrations; 2 dried specimens; black ink illustrations]. CUL-DAR48.A57-A59. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2026. 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-DAR48 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 8 'Transitions of Organs'. Notes on bees' cells for origin of species theory.
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MURALTIA ERICAEFOLIA. D.C. Var. ß CURVIFOLIA. Harv.
No. 1.a. Front View of Flower previous to the insertion of a pin. b. Side view of same. Highly magnified
No. 2.a. " " " " after " " " " " b. " " " " " "
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POISONED
MURALTIA ERICAEFOLIA. D.C.
VAR. a. CURVIFLORA, HARV, HAB. BEDFORD. S.A.
No. 571. Herb: mihi.
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Fig I SECTION OF NEARLY MATURE FLOWER. VARIOUSLY MAGNIFIED.
Fig 2. 3 SECTIONS OF IMMATURE FLOWER "
Fig 4. BUNDLE OF STAMENS & PISTIL AFTER BEING SET LOOSE BY INSERTION OF A PEN.
a. POSTERIOR PETAL. β. CARINA. γ. VESSELS OF POSTERIOR PETAL. δ. STAMINAL TUBE. Ε. PISTIL
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Book pos
Flora Capensis: Flora Capensis: being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria & Port Natal, and neighbouring territories. Vols. 1–3 by William Henry Harvey and Otto Wilhelm Sonder; vols. 4–7 edited by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer; vol. 5 sect. II and supplement edited by Arthur William Hill. 7 vols. and supplement. London: L. Reeve and Co. 1860–1933.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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