RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Exceptions to rule of Crossed Highest. CUL-DAR77.100. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2023. 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. The volumes CUL-DAR 76-79 contain material for Darwin's book Cross and self fertilisation (1876).


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Exceptions to rule of Crossed Highest

Ipomœa. var Hero Mimulus (white vars)} I do not count.

(1) Thunbergia alata (1) — 100 — 100

(2) Eschotzia californica

English stock (2d Generation) (2) 100 — 101 11 11

& Brazilian stock. ― 101 14 14

(3) Adonis æstivalis (3) ― 100.4

(4) Hibiscus africanus — (1) 100 — 101.4 100 — 109. (1)— 4. 4

(5) Pisum sativum self (2) — 100 — 115 (2) 5 5

(6) Bartonia aurea (3) 100 — 107 (3) 8 8

(7) Passiflora gracilis (4) 100 — 104 (4) — 2 2

(8) Apium petroselinum (4) 100 — 100 ✔ ? ?

(9) Lobelia fulgens (5)— one Generation 100 — 127 2. — 2

(10) Borago officinalis (5) 100 — 102 ✔ 4 — 4.

(11) Petunia violacea. (3d gen) (6)— one gen 100 — 131 —8 — 8

(12) Nicotiana tabacum (1' gen). Self?? (7) one generation 100 — 178 5 — 5

 ― seedling from a parent plant 100 — 100.7 7 — 9

(13) Primula sinensis (self) (6) 100 — 100.2 ✔ 8 — 8

(14) Canna (self) (7) 100 — 101 ✔ 34 — 34—

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14/56 14/56 / exactly 1/4"

Vandellia when put in competition 100 — 99 — 20 — 20

Dianthus 3d generation, (but by weight 100 : 49) 100 99 (omit) — 20 — 20

Specularia 100 98 — 4 — 4

Beta vulgaris no competition in rows 100 99 (omit)

Exactly equal (out of 56 sp.). or 2 per cent different, 9 species

Self-fertile taller than crossed— 4 / 13 — of these several can be certainly explained

Crossed taller than self (56 - 14 13 = 43) — 43; but in these 43 plants there are included 3 species in which the self during one Generation exceeds the crossed.


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