The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1863.04.11. Adoxa Moschata. CUL-DAR49.86. 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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Adoxa Moschata

April 11/63/ Dichogam

Saw 2 very minute sp. of Diptera & 2 of Hymenoptera & one minute Beetle, all dusted with pollen, resting in flower, they were in search of nectar copiously secreted by basal of petals.

2 Black thread, means upper & some lateral flowers fertilised by one pollen Ap. 12 2 flowers

Ap. 13 1 flow

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The little Thysanura are in work in flowers & would fertilise many & they were at work in Oxalis flowers

Sir J. Smith 2/242 puts Adoxa in Octandria, because he follows Linnæus rule the upper flower governs the class. - this looks as if common.

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