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WCP3938

Letter (WCP3938.3877)

[1]1,2

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Dorset.

Octr. 27th. 1912

The Director,3 Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew

Dear Sir

Can you tell me the name of the enclosed flower from Uganda. It is like an irregular flowered Convolvulus, an annual apparently, flowers last one day only, very thin like tissue paper.

[2] The plants are only about 3 months from seed.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3]

Ipomoea sp. not matched, but very near to I. obscura, Ker.

C. H. W. 28-x-12.4

1
In CHW’s handwriting, "Ansd. 29.x.12".
2
Round stamp of "ROYAL GARDENS – KEW 8 JUL. 92.”
3
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.
4
In CHW’s handwriting.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3938.3877)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-02-19] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-02-25] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3938,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3938