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To G. H. K. Thwaites   26 March 1877

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Thanks for specimens [of insects].

Wonders whether difference between male and female plays part in fertilisation of fig.

Flowers of Oxalis sensitiva, sent long ago, are trimorphic and cleistogamic.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:  26 Mar 1877
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.508)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10913

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  • … this (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 ). In 1877, …

From W. H. Flower   3 May 1877

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Discusses abnormal pig’s foot sent to him by CD.

Author:  William Henry Flower
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 May 1877
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.511)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10950

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  • letter to W. H. Flower, 11 July [1863] ). CD discussed polydactylism and inheritance in Variation 2: 12–17, including rudimentary extra digits in dogs, horses, goats, sheep, and pigs. The other forefoot had not been sent to CD, but was to be photographed (see letter from Otto Zacharias, 21
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