Sends specimens of Commelyna.
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Sends specimens of Commelyna.
Oxalis seeds incorrectly named. H. N. Moseley says pigeons in Malaya eject seeds fit for germination.
Oliver says Oxalis colorata is O. floribunda.
Sleep in Crotalaria.
Report of John Ball’s lecture to Geographical Society: Alpine flora is direct descendant of Palaeozoic flora ["On the origin of the flora of the European Alps", Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography 1: 564–88].
Terminology for asexual gemmae of Lunularia vulgaris and comparison with Marchantia.
CD may not mean same thing as WTT-D by absorbent pegs in Abronia.
F. O. Bower’s paper on Welwitschia [germination] [Q. J. Microsc. Sci. 21 (1881): 15–30] will appear in January.
Has observed earthworms for CD: they do not draw Robinia leaves into burrows by the petioles.
The amphicarpic habit.
Movement in plants.
Information on species of Cassia.
Movement in plants; effect of syringing on Opuntia plants that capture insects with their flowers.
Sends information on nitrogen and albuminoid content of seeds of Brassica.
Reports on his examination of the dried specimens of Pinguicula at Kew to answer CD’s query whether all species secrete.
Identifies seeds adhering to leaves of Pinguicula [see Insectivorous plants, p. 369].
Composition of the residue left on evaporation of the fluid in Nepenthes.
Discusses corrections to Variation.
Extends invitation to E. Ray Lankester to visit Down.
Would be obliged for correction of references in Variation [1st ed.].
CD obliged about the Schrankia
and thanks WTT-D for details of last number of Gardeners’ Chronicle.
Suggests WTT-D read account of Bignonia capreolata in forthcoming Climbing plants.
Plans experiments [on Melastomataceae]. Describes similar experiment performed on Monochaetum. Interested in meaning of differently coloured stamens.
Thanks for information. Absorption of ammonium carbonate by glandular hairs.
Encloses manuscript [missing] by George King ["Sport in Paritium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 101–3].
Sends thanks to Hooker for correction of name. Mentions other errors.
Wants Imantophyllum for crossing experiments.
Is glad WTT-D thinks George King’s notes worth sending to the Linnean Society.