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I observe that in this plant at Mentone the flowers attain their brightest colouring after the ovaries are set, and when fertilisation is no longer necessary, or indeed possible. During the period previous to impregnation, the flowers are pale and nearly white, and the pedicels erect or horizontal; afterwards they become pink, or even crimson, and the pedicels are recurved, and the colour of the petals, which retain their form and position until the ovary has nearly attained its full size, intensifies with the lapse of time.
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MOGGRIDGE, J. Fertilisation of the Fumariaceæ. Nature 9, 423 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/009423b0
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