RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1863.06.26. Gloriosa Leopoldii. CUL-DAR49.98. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2021. 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 26 1863 Gloriosa Leopoldii
Has pistil bent at right angles or rather more than right angles or rather more than right angles from [illeg] so that latter distended —
Petals reflexed & flower hangs down – stamen upturned alternately so the stigma lies in interval between two anthers, which [illeg] laterally & externally – no nectar secreted in any plant, but would [illeg] at base of cramp petals & which would travel round to get it & so dust stigma. —
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