Composition of the residue left on evaporation of the fluid in Nepenthes.
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Composition of the residue left on evaporation of the fluid in Nepenthes.
Movement in plants.
Information on species of Cassia.
Movement in plants; effect of syringing on Opuntia plants that capture insects with their flowers.
Sends information on nitrogen and albuminoid content of seeds of Brassica.
Reports on his examination of the dried specimens of Pinguicula at Kew to answer CD’s query whether all species secrete.
Identifies seeds adhering to leaves of Pinguicula [see Insectivorous plants, p. 369].
WTT-D and E. R. Lankester wish to visit CD.
Has corrected some references for new edition of Variation.
Encloses corrections and notes on Variation [1st ed.].
Reports on Schrankia aculeata in which pinna and pinnule are sensitive, but, unlike Mimosa pudica, rachis does not move.
PS concerning Imantophyllum.
Comments on Insectivorous plants, p. 353 mentioning J. J. T. Schloesing’s experiments with carbonate of ammonia [see J. J. T. Schloesing, "Sur l’absorption de l’ammoniaque de l’air par les végétaux", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 78 (1874): 1700–3].
It has been empirically established at Kew that insular plants tend to be heteromorphic, plants with entire leaves tending to produce divided leaves.
References to figures of Coryanthes.
Remarks on the difference between the sexes in Restionaceae and other subjects – occasioned by reading the introduction [to Forms of flowers].
Notes and extracts relating to "bloom".
Is forwarding several plants requested by CD.
Has sent Mimosa. The horticultural and physiological Mimosa is M. albida, which has a western distribution, rather than M. sensitiva as it is commonly called in error.
Is acquiring some "maritime and glaucous" plants for CD.
Information on plants requested by CD.
CD’s curious observations on Trifolium resupinatum.
Describes a Maranta remarkable for its leaf asymmetry: its leaves are elliptical on one side and oblong on the other.