From J. S. Henslow [5 November 1837 – March 1838]1
378 yellow =a prism of about 79 1/2— not yet ascertained what it belongs to2
Ochrosia—as I am ⟨ ⟩ ⟨p⟩uzzled about your Keeling plant—3 the authorities give such [contradictory testimony] & even [it]
Footnotes
The date range is inferred from CD’s letter to J. S. Henslow, [4 November 1837], requesting the mineral specimen numbers and colours of the paper and the letter to J. S. Henslow, [26 March 1838], when the specimen (378 yellow) had recently been identified by William Hallowes Miller.
CD’s note about the specimen is in DAR 39.1: 88, in a catalogue of mineral specimens collected during the voyage. See letter to J. S. Henslow, [4 November 1837], n. 1 for CD’s numbering code.
Henslow found Ochrosia parviflora (a synonym of O. oppositifolia) particularly difficult to identify from existing botanical sources, see Henslow 1838, p. 345.
Bibliography
Henslow, John Stevens. 1838. Florula Keelingensis. An account of the native plants of the Keeling Islands. Annals of Natural History 1: 337–47.
Summary
Fragment glued to CD’s notes on rock specimens. The recto refers to one of CD’s specimens, the verso mentions his Keeling Island plants.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-338
- From
- John Stevens Henslow
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 39: 88a
- Physical description
- inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 338,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-338.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
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