RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Esch[sch]oltzia / Hildebrand / Fumariaceae [table of numbers of seeds]. CUL-DAR76.B121. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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.


B121

Escholtzia Hildebrand Fumariaceae

pollen of same flower             other flower on same plant 'plant

4 [+] 17 [+] 9 [+] 4 [+] 5 [+] 11 [+] 9 [+] 1 [+] 2 [+] 12 [+] 9 [+] 7 [+] 10 [+] 27     

   2 [+] 7 [+] 22 [+] 9 [+] 26 [+] 25 [+] 2 [+] 7 [+] 10 [+] 7 [+] 3 [+] 3 [+] 1

[=] 127 [÷] 14 [=] 9.07 seed per capsules 3 places  

  [=] 124 [÷] 13 [=] 9.53 3 places

14 set / 7 — did not set          

14/21 set         13/14 set

7/21 did not set           1/14 did not set

 

(Eschtzia)

 

Keep

 

for different production of seed

B121v

Flower crossed by pollen of other plant    Eschotzia

88 [+] 76 [+] 62 [+] 71 [+] 115 [+] 74 [+] 93 [+] 51 [+] 93 [+] 134 [+] 161 [+] 88 [+] 89 [+] 52 [+] 58 [+] 78 [+] 73 [+] 68 [=] 1524 [÷] 18

 

 

1524 [÷] 18 [=] 84.6 3 places say 85

 

85 : 9 :: 100 to

90000 [÷] 85 [=] 10.5 3 places say 11


Return to homepage

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

File last updated 1 December, 2025