RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1854.10. Hooker says that many Balanophoræ are monoœcious CUL-DAR49.43. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. 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-DAR49 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 3 on 'On...organic beings occasionally crossing' or dichogamy.


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Hooker says that many Balanophoræ are monoœcious but female flowers are impregnated by males of other flowers; so this is case of Dichogamy in monoœcious flowers as is common in bisexual flowers & as additions there are subsequent complementary males. Holds good in Indian & American, what use the second set of males.


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