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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
2 July [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 32
Summary:

Suggests FD call on Carl Semper.

Inquires about Porlieria: Do the leaves shut to check evaporation? Does it appear silver under water?

Explains how he thinks the pulvinus acts; wishes FD would investigate the point.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Innes Rogers
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
2 July 1878
Source of text:
DAR 176: 199
Summary:

JIR’s brother writes from India in support of the protective function of plant sensitivity.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project