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DCP-LETT-11974

From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Apr 1879
Source of text:
DAR 176: 83
Summary:

Sends a sample of seeds of Onobrychis sativa and Poterium muricatum, plants that show mimicry.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11979

From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Apr 1879
Source of text:
DAR 176: 84
Summary:

Suggests that mimicry of sainfoin by burnet plants is an adaptation against farmers’ weeding.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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