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DCP-LETT-9456

From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 May [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 51–2
Summary:

Reports results of experiments comparing digestibility of gluten and fibrin for CD’s work on Drosera.

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FVM-74-05-12

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Macarthur
Date:
12 May 1874
Source of text:
A2939 Macarthur papers, vol. 43, pp. 112-12, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
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DCP-LETT-9455

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 May 1874
Source of text:
DAR 165: 184
Summary:

Encloses letter and sketch from O. N. Rood on pointed ears.

Reports observations on Sarracenia variolaris. A correspondent finds that the fluid in the pitchers is anaesthetic and that a sweet trail runs down the plant, nearly to the ground, to lure up ants.

Encloses two articles on insectivorous plants [Nation 18 (1874): 216–17, 232–4].

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