To A. G. More 5 September [1860]
Summary
Discusses Spiranthes. Did AGM see dipterous insects insert proboscis?
Asks for information about Epipactis.
Describes fertilisation of Orchis pyramidalis.
Has received moth with pollen from O. pyramidalis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1860] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2906 |
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As an author, friend and correspondent, Charles Lyell played a crucial role in shaping Darwin's scientific life. Born to a wealthy gentry family in Scotland in 1797, Lyell had a classical and legal education but by the 1820s had become entranced by…
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