From:
Daniel Oliver
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before Feb 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 108: 81
Summary:
Notes on the taxonomy of Primula.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Notes on the taxonomy of Primula.
DO thinks an essay [Alexander Braun’s "Rejuvenescence", Ray Society (1853)] is not worth reading with respect to some difficulty concerning phyllotaxy.
Sends specimens of Byblis, Roridula, and Utricularia for CD’s examination.
Sends information about Indian and Australian species of Aldrovanda, Roridula, and Byblis.
Sends Utricularia montana and Byblis species.
Drosera census numbers 100 species.
Genlisea distinguished from Utricularia.
Sends capsules with results from Genlisea specimens and fragments of Polypompholyx.
The generic name Genlisea must be preserved for Utriculariaceae with five-part calyces.
Finds no trace of nectar in Stanhopea saccata.