RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1858.05.10. In Spartium or common Broom the curling manner of the pistil. CUL-DAR76.B55. 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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In Spartium or common Broom. The curling manner of the pistil, which burst open to keel, covers it with pollen, so that insects apparently not in least necessary for its impregnation; yet I remember having seen (though this did not to day happen) the pistil stigma rubbed on each Bees-back as it visited it.— see Dr. Darwin's Phytologia p. 106 on movement of Pistil in Broom & other flowers. —
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