The Owens College, | Manchester,
Septr. 20th 1878
My Dear Darwin
You will remember my sending you some very young seedlings of Drosera Spathulata in a state resembling D. rotundifolia—1 The brood of which I sent you samples is now develop⟨ed⟩ into a group of fine pla⟨nts⟩ The seed from wh⟨ich⟩ ⟨ ⟩ them was sown ⟨ ⟩ as gathered— But ⟨ ⟩ up a small portion of it in a glass tube and sowed it early in the present spring— I have never disturbed the plants, hence they are now densely crowded together in their seed pan. I send you three of them from which you will see two things—first that they are leaving the rotundifolian type— Secondly that owing to their being crowded together they have ⟨ ⟩ somewhat of the ⟨ ⟩t form of Drosera Capensis.2 Though you may already be familiar with all this I thought it worth while sending you the illustrative specimens—
By the way if you or your sons3 want any more matured specimens of D. Spathulata I can send you any number. & shall have the greatest pleasure in doing so—
I am ever y⟨ours⟩ | W. C. W⟨illiamson⟩
Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11697,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on