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From George King   18 December 1874

Royal Botanical Garden, | Ilowrah, | near Calcutta.

The 18 Dec 1874

My Dear Sir,

Yours of the 20th has reached me just in time to let me reply by today’s mail.1 I have much pleasure in enclosing 3 specimens of Aldrovanda verticillata Roxb. from a jheel S. of Calcutta which I hope may reach you in time for your purpose.2

Thanks, I am very well now. I hope you are better.

Believe me in much haste | yrs sincerely | George King

C. Darwin Esq

2
CD acknowledged King for sending him specimens of Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. verticillata in Insectivorous plants, p. 329. Jeel: mere or lagoon (Hobson-Jobson). Aldrovanda verticillata is a synonym of A. vesiculosa (the waterwheel plant).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9763,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9763