From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Daniel Oliver
Date:
14 Oct [1860]
Source of text:
DAR 261.10: 17 (EH 88206001)
Summary:
Has examined nearly all British orchids.
Hooker’s error on Listera.
Change in colour and consistency of Drosera hair glands after leaf inflection. Analogous structures in Dionaea. Requests Oliver confirm these observations on live plants, of which he has none.
In a muddle over the effects of salts on insectivorous plants.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project