From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[16–22 Oct 1875]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 152
Summary:
PS concerning Imantophyllum.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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PS concerning Imantophyllum.
It has been empirically established at Kew that insular plants tend to be heteromorphic, plants with entire leaves tending to produce divided leaves.
Comments on Insectivorous plants, p. 353 mentioning J. J. T. Schloesing’s experiments with carbonate of ammonia [see J. J. T. Schloesing, "Sur l’absorption de l’ammoniaque de l’air par les végétaux", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 78 (1874): 1700–3].