From Daniel Oliver 12 October 1874
Royal Gardens Kew | Herbr.
12 Oct. | 74
My Dear Sir/
Dr Hooker—who is down in the West Country—sends me yr. letter abt. Sundews &c.—1 I send this morning by carrier—2 sheets of Byblis-Roridula for yr. examination—which you can return kindly at yr. convenience.2
Then, with this I put in fragts. of several Utricularias which have special circular arrangements as well as simple leaves—probly. most of them growing amongst moss or in marshy places.3
Of the group to which U. montana belongs I only know some 3 species altogether—with the [stated] “Orchidioid” appendages:— hence name of the Section (Orchidioides).4
The boy is waiting for the letters so in haste
Ever yours | D Oliver
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de and Candolle, Alphonse de. 1824–73. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. 19 vols. Paris: Treuttel & Würtz [and others].
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Taylor, Peter Geoffrey. 1989. The genus Utricularia — a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
Summary
Sends specimens of Byblis, Roridula, and Utricularia for CD’s examination.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9675
- From
- Daniel Oliver
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 58.1: 99–100
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9675,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9675.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22