From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
16 Apr [1881?]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 49645: 97-8)
Summary:
Suggests that the pappus of Compositae, when lying on ground, may absorb water which may function in seed germination.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project