From L. C. Wedgwood [22 September 1866]

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24-Supplement.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9200,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9200

Summary

Quotes Botanical Magazine on Erica massoni. Its branches terminate in large umbels of flowers that are extremely viscous and entrap insects.

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-9200
From: Lucy Caroline Wedgwood/Lucy Caroline Harrison
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: [22 Sept 1866]
Sent from: Leith Hill Place
Source of text: DAR 58.1: 134
Physical description: †

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24-Supplement.