From:
Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
6 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 59.1: 71
Summary:
Information about insects on Pinguicula leaves.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Information about insects on Pinguicula leaves.
Asks for a specimen of Pinguicula.
Has been examining Utricularia minor. Same essential structure but catches smaller Entomostraca. One bladder had 24, another 20, and another 15 Entomostraca. "What slaughter! We must make out the functions of the beast––".
Describe the Pinguicula species found at Mürren. Have found seeds on some. Their large roots seem to indicate that they do not get much animal food.
Asks FD to come early to write from dictation.
Thanks Amy for her drawing of Utricularia montana.