To J. D. Hooker 5 [November 1861]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
5th
My dear Hooker
You will commit suicide; but do look with lens at the Bolbophyllum rhizophora (sent this morning) & touch Labellum & white tips of upper petals which cross, with hair or fine bristle, & see if Labellum does not close in. on column.—2 It is a marvellous little beast.
My work must & shall soon end— God forgive me | C. Darwin
I imagine on fine day Labellum is thrown back & flower open.—
Summary
Asks JDH to look at movement of labellum in an orchid.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3308
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 115: 77
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3308,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3308.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
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