RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1860.06.01. In Azaleas Pistil bends up to nectary-side. CUL-DAR49.55. 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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June 1 1860 In Azaleas Pistil bends up to nectary-side. I find in this plant & in Rhododendron that honey is excreted by germen only on side of coloured petals. The pistil certainly in opening flowers of both is not so much curved; it is a vital action subsequent to opening of flower
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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