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To George Bentham   12 December 1876

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Has examined the specimens of Boronia pinnata. No evidence of two distinct bodies of individuals.

Asks whether extra-American species of Aegiphila are heterostyled.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Bentham
Date:  12 Dec 1876
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (GEB/1/3: Correspondence, Vol 3, Daintree–Dyer, (1830–1884) 720)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10714

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  • J. D. Hooker, 8 December 1876 and n. 3. Aegiphila obdurata is a synonym of A. obducta . See letter to George Bentham, 8 December 1876 ; Bentham sent flowers of Aegiphila elata (tall spiritweed) and A. mollis (contra culebra) in 1864. …

From Moritz Schiff   8 May 1876

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Has repeated his observations and experiments used in Insectivorous plants; finds them sound.

Revises his reference to production of pepsin.

Author:  Moritz Schiff
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 May 1876
Classmark:  DAR 86: B8–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10500

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  • J. D. Hooker, 3 November [1873] ). This is probably how Schiff proposed to observe plant digestion. In vivo work ensured that no substances or conditions (such as temperature) were excluded from the experimental set up. From 1864, …
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