From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Daniel Oliver
Date:
5 Oct [1860]
Source of text:
DAR 261.10: 14 (EH 88205998)
Summary:
A poser: carbonate of soda produces inflection rather than contraction in Drosera. Possible solution: glands at end of hairs absorb as well as secrete. Fascinated by currents in cells after inflection.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project