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From Daniel Oliver   [after 20 July 1863]1

In connection with Hildebrand’s paper2—may be consulted also Duchartre, Sur un cas de grossissement, sans fécondation, des ovules de Cycas revoluta. Bull. Soc. Bot. ix. 531.3

The pollen of a Ceratozamia was placed upon the ovules.—

D. O.

Tuesday

incomplete

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the letter to Daniel Oliver, 18 July [1863], and the letter from Daniel Oliver, 20 July 1863.
3
Duchartre 1862 described the enlargement of ovules under the influence of pollen, apparently without being fertilised. Similar observations were detailed in Hildebrand 1863b.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4366,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4366