To Daniel Oliver [after 14 April 1863]1
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Dear Oliver
Many thanks about the Primula: I see that I was pretty right about the ovules.2 I have been thinking that the apparent opening at the chalaza end must have been withering or perhaps gnawing by some very minute insects, as the ovarium is open at the upper end. If I have time I will have another look at pollen-tubes, as from what you say they ought to find their way to the microphyle. But ovules to me are far more troublesome to dissect than animal tissue; they are so soft, and muddy the water.
With many thanks | Yours very sincerely, | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for information on Primula ovules. From what DO says the pollen-tubes ought to find their way to the micropyle.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4095
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Daniel Oliver
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 147: 214
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4095,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4095.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11