RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. I find that this same view has been held by some botanists. CUL-DAR76.B139. 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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* I find that this same view has been held by § several some botanists, who are mentioned by J. Martinet, Annales des Sciences Nat: 1872 Vol XIV p 211
§ De Candolle & Dunal
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[Cross and self fertilisation, p. 402: "Many years ago I suggested that primarily the saccharine matter in nectar was excreted* as a waste product of chemical changes in the sap; and that when the excretion happened to occur within the envelopes of a flower, it was utilised for the important object of cross-fertilisation, being subsequently much increased in quantity and stored in various ways.
* Nectar was regarded by De Candolle and Dunal as an excretion, as stated by Martinet in 'Annal. des Sc. Nat.' 1872 tom. xiv. page 211."]
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