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To J. D. Hooker   [27 January 1864]

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CD continues very ill.

His only work is a little on tendrils and climbers. Asks whether all tendrils are modified leaves or whether some are modified stems.

Last number [Jan 1864?] of Natural History Review is best that has appeared.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [27 Jan 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 218
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4398

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  • Henslow thought Cucurbitaceae tendrils were modified stipules ( Henslow 1837 , p.  72), and Thomson thought they were modified leaves (see Correspondence vol.  11, letter to J.   …
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