From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Drummond
Date:
20 Dec [1860]
Source of text:
J. S. Battye Library of Western Australian History, State Library of Western Australia (Accession 2275A)
Summary:
Responds to JD’s letter [2944]. Would like to know whether bees extract pollen from within the indusium of Leschenaultia. He suspects they brush over and partly open the indusium while sucking nectar from the flower.
Asks also about malvaceous plant that set seed although its flower never opened.
Has been watching the achenia of the plant sent by JD and, if Hooker agrees, will publish a note on it ["Achenia of Pumilio argyrolepis", Collected papers 2: 36–8].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project