From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   22 April 1879

Royal Gardens Kew

Apl. 22. 79

Dear Mr Darwin

Prof. Oliver has had your oxalis examined at the herbarium and he pronounces it to be O. floribunda, Lehm.1

Yours very sincerely | W. T. Thiselton Dyer

CD annotations

1.1 oxalis] ‘colorata’ interl ink
End of letter: ‘Cots. of O.’ ink del ink
1
CD had asked for an identification of the plant sent to him as Oxalis colorata (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 April [1879]). Daniel Oliver was keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Oxalis floribunda is abundant flowering wood sorrel.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12010,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12010