From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
30 July 1856
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.117-118, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Contributor:
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Asks GB for help in clearing up his problems about Leguminosae, in connection with his "wild bit of speculation on the crossing of plants" [see Natural selection, p. 71].
Thanks GB for information on Leguminosae, especially about those with apetalous flowers and almost without anthers.
Thanks GB for information on apetalous flowers. "The whole order [Leguminosae] will remain my detestable enemies."