RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1860-1868]. [Draft of Variation] In Gloxinia speciosa there is a peloric race which can be propagated by seed. CUL-DAR51.B2. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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breadth. In Gloxinia speciosa there is a peloric race which can be propagated by seed (with only a few seedlings generally returning to the parent type) in which the properly irregular corolla has become perfectly regular : it stands upright instead of horizontal, and includes five instead of four stamens. (146) Hence we have a modification assuredly of full generic

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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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