Cases of monstrosities becoming transmissible.
Comments on passages in Origin on the blindness of the tucu-tucu (Ctenomys) and Mammoth Cave rats.
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Cases of monstrosities becoming transmissible.
Comments on passages in Origin on the blindness of the tucu-tucu (Ctenomys) and Mammoth Cave rats.
Has received a batch of S. African specimens which contain many of the Atlantic genera he found in Madeira and the Canaries.
Reports observations on the fertilisation of Goodeniaceae, and particularly Leschenaultia. [See 2992.]
CD’s observations on preference of Drosera for milk and nitrogenous fluids, and the effect of nitrate of ammonia are interesting. Asks whether CD is satisfied that the effect is not due to density of fluid or to a chemical irritant. His own observations suggest such possibilities.
His results with pure gum on Drosera spathulata entirely support CD’s opinion. Other observations on insectivorous plants.