From George Bentham 2 December [1856]

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30-Supplement.

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Summary

Cites cases of leguminous plants whose cleistogamic flowers produce more seed than perfect flowers. [See Forms of flowers, p. 326.]

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-11267
From: George Bentham
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: 2 Dec [1856]
Sent from: London, Victoria St, 91
Source of text: DAR 111: A75–6
Physical description: 3pp †

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30-Supplement.