From Daniel Oliver   24 December 1874

Herbm.

24 Dec. | 1874

My dear Mr Darwin/

I have gone over our specimens of Genlisea & put the results in the enclosed little capsules.1

—Also of the genus Polypompholyx (limited to two W. Australian species) I have put in some fragments. This genus differs technically from Utricularia simply in its 4-segmented calyx2

Very truly yours | D. Oliver.

2
CD discussed Polypompholyx in Insectivorous plants, p. 445, crediting Oliver with the information about its similarity to and difference from Utricularia. Polypompholyx is now considered a subgenus of Utricularia (Taylor 1989, pp. 77–8).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9778,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9778