From:
Daniel Oliver
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 31 Mar 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 157.2: 81, 104
Summary:
Encloses memorandum on tendrils. Nature of tendrils in Modecca.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Encloses memorandum on tendrils. Nature of tendrils in Modecca.
Observations on climbing species of Tacoma. [Tecoma!?]
Discusses homologies of plant organs.
The passion-flower tendril should be considered a modified branch rather than a modified flower. Considers the distinction between the peduncle and the leaf midrib.