From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Daniel Oliver
Date:
27 [Sept 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 261.10: 23 (EH 88206007)
Summary:
Thinks he has worked out simple mechanism of movement in Drosera. Believes he is correct that gum has no effect.
Thanks for Trécul paper ["Organisation des glandes pédicellées de la feuille du Drosera rotundifolia", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 40: 1355–8; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Bot.) 3d ser. 3: 303–11].
Chloroform paralyses plants in 30 seconds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project