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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Corydalis tuberosa. CUL-DAR51.B17. 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

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Darwin cited this in Variation 2: 58, n66: "'Natural Hist. Review,' April, 1863, p. 258. See also his Lecture, Royal Institution, March 16, 1860. On same subject, see Moquin-Tandon, 'Eléments de Tératologie,' 1841, pp. 184, 352."

Maxwell T. masters. 1863. On the existence of two forms of peloria. Natural History Review 10, n.s.: 258-262.

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Corydalis tuberosa has one nectary white, small 1/2 aborted with no nectar - pistil bent to side of good nectary - hood formed by [illeg] petals slip off in opposite direction - Now on my Plants several flowers had both nectaries purple of full equal size, with nectar - Pistil straight & hood slip off either way. Say structure of Dielytra Adlumia &c thus seems typical symmetrical structure & my Corydalis

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a return- May it not be a return in Antirrhinum? see Masters paper in N. His Review No X. Ap. 1 1863 p. 259 - I must not speak of the Antirrhinum as a return positively - unless the parent-form was like a Columbine - But there is I think he says one form of this Antirrhinum Elatina, which has no nectaries

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