To Francis Darwin [12 October 1876]

[Bassett, Southampton.]

I saw the notice about Empetrum.¹ Emp. nigrum is the Crowberry. A trailing plant, with leaves very like a Heath; bears black berries— sure to grow high up on mountains of Wales.

C. D.

(I cannot understand how leaves in bud can act as fly-catchers.)

ApcS

Postmark: OC 12 76

For the notice on Empetrum nigrum (the crowberry), see the letter from Francis Darwin, [after 8 October 1876] and n. 5.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10641,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10641