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From M. T. Masters   17 March 1862

Rye Lane | Peckham

March 17. 1862.

My dear Sir

I can only speak from memory as to the Primrose with ten stamens as I have not the specimen1   My impression is that the upper stamens alternated with the lobes of the corolla. the lower on the contrary were opposite to them but you must take this impression for what it is worth—not much— Should I ever come across another such I will assuredly bear you in mind— I think too I told you that I had a sketch of the late Prof Henslow’s2 showing a double row of stamens   this I find on examination is an error— My sketch is merely a diagram showing the different position of the stamens thus— diagram

Believe me | dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Maxwell. T. Masters.

Footnotes

Neither Masters’s letter mentioning the specimen nor CD’s letter seeking further information about it has been found.
John Stevens Henslow, professor of botany at the University of Cambridge, died on 16 May 1861.

Summary

He has only an uncertain memory of the placement of stamens in the [monstrous?] primrose CD asked about.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-3475
From
Maxwell Tylden Masters
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Peckham
Source of text
DAR 171.1: 67
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3475,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3475.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10

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