RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1860.05.20. Saw small kind of Bee forcing way into unopened Broom flowers. CUL-DAR77.22. 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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July 20th 1860 Saw small kind of Bee forcing way into unopened Broom flower — saw B. muscorum sucking old opened flower— pistil like hoop was pushed about, but did not go on back— under side of pistil like [moon] spoon — before calyx split fully of pollen there — Pistil & stamens spring up when keel opened— No tuft of hair round pistil
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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