RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Self-fertilisation of Plants in my Table on List. CUL-DAR76.B117-B118. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1

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Spont. self-fertilised plant in List continued.

Specularia speculum— almost as many capsules, as the uncovered Plants

Lobelia ramosa & fulgens, I believe quite sterile

Nemophila insignis, plenty of capsules

Borago officinalis— about 1.2 number of caps seeds

Nolana prostrata covered to uncovered plant by weight of seeds as 100 to 61 Leptosiphon

Petunia violacea I believe quite sterile, if no insects excluded

Nicotiana tabacum— fully self-fertile

Cyclamen persicum— during one year quite sterile, when covered up

(Primula & Fagopyrum dimorphic)

Beta vulgaris self-fertile Orchids — Nymphaea — Onion

Canna highly. do.

Zea mays — self-fertile single plant under glass.

Plants from which seedlings were not raised

Campanula carpathica — not one seed-capsule

Leptosiphon androsacum, set a good many capsules

see Verlot. p. 20.

Of the 49 species in the above lists list only the following are qui quite sterile or in a very high degree, ie do not produce much more than about 1/2 full number of seeds, when insects are excluded; that is as far as my trials serve


Orchids

Melastoma

Corydalis cava

Hothouse

Origanum

Digitalis purpurea Scrophularia

Linaria vulgaris

[illeg]

Salvia coccinea (?)

Escholtzia [Eschscholtzia] californica (Brazilian (?) stock)

Viola tricolor

Delphinium consolida

Dianthus caryophyllus

Pelargonium zonale (?)

Phaseolus

Cytisus scoparius Thunbergia alata

Bartonia aurea?

Lobelia ramosa & fulgens

Campanula carpathica

Borago officinalis

Nolana prostrata

Petunia violacea (Solanaceæ)

Cyclamen persica

17/49

Only moderately fertile

Salvia coccinea

(Give two lists) say not half normal complement or 1/3

(N.B. See old Experimental Book for my cases of covered up plants sterile.)

I must look over all pamphlets before writing on this subject Carriere gives cases of instinct in the [illeg]


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Spont. Self-fertilisation of Plants in my Table on List (All cases in this list relate to plants known to be fertile with own pollen. Sterility due to stigma not receiving, (from mechanical cause ie structure or dichogamy) their own pollen. Besides this they produce often finer seeds with own pollen. V. Tab. 102

(Thrips in all cases??)

Melastoma— Orchids

Ipomoea purpurea— almost all flowers set capsules, fully fertile

Mimulus highly self-fertile

Digitalis, almost sterile 24/32 capsules, most of 24 with very few seeds.

[illeg]

Calceolaria— highly self-fertile

Linaria vulgaris— very few & very poor capsules

Verbascum thapsus highly self-fertile

― lychnitis do— perhaps not in quite so high a degree

Vandellia— perfect flowers produce some capsules.

Salvia coccinea, mod. fertile, the artificially self-fertile flowers produced fert contained more than twice number of seeds — produced many caps many flower seed spontaneously but yield fruits

Origanum set some seeds

Thunbergia — in autumn produced a good many seeds

Brassica— many capsule spont. produced; but not very rich in seeds

Iberis umbellata produced plenty of capsules, but not o

― amara do do

Papaver vagum — plenty of capsules. very poor in seed early in year, but rich later in season.

Escholtzia [Eschscholtzia]— (English. stock) some capsules with few seeds then produced

― (Brazilian stock) extremely few capsules

Reseda lutea & odorata — Highly productive, except certain self-sterile individuals, due to nature of reproductive elements

Viola tricolor sets very few & very poor capsules.

Delphinium consolida, produce many capsule 28/32 — but contained low average of seeds

Viscaria oculata, produces plenty of capsules. & [illeg]

Dianthus caryophyllus— very few capsules, containing seeds.

Pelargonium— 1 Plant set 2 pods spontaneously

Limnanthes douglasii highly self-fertile numerous pods

Lupinus luteus —fairly self-productive

― pilosus plenty of pods

Phaseolus. (Scarlet runner.) Ogle

Lathyrus odoratus

Pisum sativum} highly self-fertile

Cytisus scoparius. few comparatively to uncovered plants or none, or only a moderate number

Ononis minutissima ─ pod perfect flower produce Plenty of capsules (8/12.)

Bartonia aurea— Produced no capsules, in pots in greenhouse but then not healthy. —

Passiflora gracilis highly fertile

Apium petroselinum, apparently as fertile as uncovered plants

Lactuca sativa — produced some seeds, season unfavourable

orchis

(Gesneria Adonis Hibiscus Pelargonium Phalaris Tropaeolum Clarkia Scabiosa Anagallis) (no record on spont. self-fert)


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