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2 or 3 or even 4 flowers which had been opened. —

It is of course only conjecture that this effected by moths. — Certainly self-fertilisation is the rule.

If flower is cut opened there is useless nectary.

Another plant quite separate 4 racemes, on 3 of which some flower opened; even 3 or 4 flowers on a raceme — William looked in morning & no nectar & but at 9˚ P. m, plant kept for about 4˚ in water for some hour had plenty of nectar with nectar-secrete dripping with nectar— Again I gathered 3 twigs all had some flowers opened— Another branch with six racemes had 4 with flower opened — So may be said to have about 1.2 racemes apparently opened by insects. —

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twigs had been disturbed— I have watched this flower much no insects visit it.—

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July 13'. 1861. Torquay— Great Beds of Fumaria Capreolata — (This plant long a frightful puzzle to me) I never saw visited by insect, but I saw Humble-Bee examine & reject them. (Ch 3)

The tip of upper petal with nectary & lower & opposite are green & touch, even when flower so mature that by a touch it drops off & leaves capsules.

There seems no tendency in young or old flowers to separate; yet I saw many which seemed to have been opened— I examined 21 Races — 11 had all flowers quite closed; but ten had one & sometimes

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Fumaria capreolata continued— Examined many flowers from distinct twigs at 12˚ 45' & not put into water — no nectar — Branch which had been in water for 18˚ at 1. P.m. had about equal numbers of nectaries with & without nectar.

(Pistil curled towards the side of nectary. All petals converge to point over stigma & anthers.)

At 6˚P.m. several flowers drenched with nectar some without any.— (W. examined flowers gathered at 9˚30 P.m. n six had nectar & nine had none.)

Examined several flowers gathered at 1º P.m. plenty of nectar so nonsense about night-secreting— Several flowers on these last →