Summary

Abstracts literature on sensitive plants (Linnaeus, L. P. Cailletet, W. R. McNab).

The Mimosa at Down is M. pudica.

Dichogamy in Eucalyptus difficult to decide, but Thiselton-Dyer thinks there is some protandry.

[Letter is in W. T. Thiselton-Dyer’s hand.]

Letter details

Letter no.

DCP-LETT-9038

From

Joseph Dalton Hooker

To

Charles Robert Darwin

Sent from

Kew

Source of text

DAR 209.6: 205

Physical description

LS(A) 6pp inc

• Darwin, C. R.
• Hooker, J. D.