RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1861.06.13. If I take case of Galium. CUL-DAR49.61. 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 13- 61. If I take case of Galium; observe that yellow G. cruciatum has numerous male flowers, which would be quite useless: if pollen not habitually carried from flower to flower. Flower as minute as in other Galium; I watched for long saw few flies; but not enough for so many flowers
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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