 Altogether this one species includes three females or female organs and three sets of male organs, all as distinct from one another as if they belonged to different species; and if smaller functional differences are considered, there are five distinct...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 3611865Full view - About this book
 | Linnean Society of London - 1864 - 596 pages
...manner of fertilization a more remarkable case than can, perhaps, be found in any other plant or animal. In Lythrum salicaria three plainly different forms...fertile ; but unless all three forms coexist, there will be waste of two sets of stamens, and the organization of the species, as a whole, will be imperfect.... | |
 | 1865 - 400 pages
...thrum Salicaria, by Charles Darwin. Here w« .have the results of an investigation which Mr. Darwin has before referred to. A curious case it is, and...fertile: but, unless all three forms co-exist, there will be waste of two sets of stamens, and the organization of the species as a whole will be imperfect.... | |
 | 1868 - 770 pages
...forms ; and each is furnished with two sets of stamens or males, differing from each other as much as if they belonged to different species ; and if...reciprocally from one to the other, in order that cither of the two should be fully fertile ; but, unless all three forms co-exist, there will be a waste... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1879 - 468 pages
...includes three females or female organs, and three sets of male organs, all as distinct from one another as if they belonged to different species ; and, if...Two of the three hermaphrodites must coexist, and pollen must be carried by insects reciprocally from one to the other, in order that either of the two... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1879 - 468 pages
...includes three females or female organs, and three sets of male organs, all as distinct from one another as if they belonged to different species ; and, if...Two of the three hermaphrodites must coexist, and pollen must be carried by insects reciprocally from one to the other, in order that either of the two... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1879 - 468 pages
...there are five distinct sets of males. Two of the three hermaphrodites must coexist, and pollen must be carried by insects reciprocally from one to the...fully fertile ; but, unless all three forms coexist, two sets of stamens will be wasted, and the organization of the species as a whole will be incomplete.... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1879 - 576 pages
...organs, and three sets of male organs, all as distinct from one another as if they In-longed to dilferent species : and. if smaller functional differences are...Two of the three hermaphrodites must coexist, and pollen must be carried by insects reciprocally from one to the other, in order that either of the two... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1879 - 474 pages
...there are five distinct sets of males. Two of the three hermaphrodites must coexist, and pollen must be carried by insects reciprocally from one to the other, in order that cither of the two should bo fully fertile ; but, unless all three forms coexist, two sets of stamens... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1879 - 482 pages
...includes three females or female organs, and three sets of male organs, all as distinct from one another as if they belonged to different species ; and, if smaller functional differences arc considered, there are five distinct sets of males. Two of the three hermaphrodites must coexist,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1884 - 386 pages
...includes three females or female organs and three sets of male organs, all as distinct from one another as if they belonged to different species ; and if...Two of the three hermaphrodites must coexist, and pollen must be carried by insects reciprocally from one to the other, in order that either of the two... | |
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