RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1861.07.13. Lathyrus sylvestris - Pistil much curved - visited by many Humble-Bees. CUL-DAR49.64. 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. Chapter 3 refers to chapter III of Natural selection "on possibility of all organisms crossing: on susceptibility of reproduction to change".
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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July 13th 1861. Torquay Lathyrus sylvestris
Pistil much curved visited by many Humble-Bees - Which suck exactly in centre but then the pistil is so much curved that the lateral stigma lies to right of middle line of standard & high up so that Bee sucking in middle, when side petals, depressed, must rub against it.
(Ch 3)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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