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Oct 4. 1862 Dichogam

Campanula carpathica seeds profusely exposed (does it produce nectar, I have noticed only pollen-gatherers at work) & did not produce one pod under net.—

(On other hand. Venus Looking Glass Campanula speculum. (Specularia?) sets as many pods under net as exposed— I have only seen Diptera visiting this. The stigma before it open is covered with pollen: & as it open, I think some gets between clefts & at apex.— but corolla is dusted & I believe closes & opens & this may be effective.—

Steudel calls it Specularia speculum.

I see this plant on wet cold days & nights closes its flower; each petal moves its →

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midrib almost to axis of flower, folding backwards the wings of each petal; & I suspect this pressure of midrib would force pollen on to divisions of stigma; after the stigma has expanded: certainly in some cases I found the midrib of petal lying in the forks of 1 or 2 of clefts of expanded & reflexed 3 stigmatic divisions. —) (It is certain that petals get covered with pollen at point corresponding with reflexed stigmas — it is certain that flower shoot up neatly, & repeatedly I found infolded midrib of 2 petals forced in between divisions of stigma, which certainly would tend to force pollen on to surface of stigma.—

Hence we can understand copious self-fertilisation — Does Campanula shut flowers — See Fermonds pamphlet & reflections.