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From H. E. Darwin to W. E. Darwin   [18 May 1864]

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CD would like to see Rhamnus, as an American species is dimorphic.

Sends red cowslip pollen to be measured.

Author:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [18 May 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 118
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4442

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  • 1864] . No recent reference to Rhamnus , the buckthorn, has been found in CD’s correspondence. In 1861, CD asked Joseph Dalton Hooker where he could purchase a specimen after Asa Gray wrote that a North American species ( Rhamnus lanceolatus ) was dimorphic (see Correspondence vol.  9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 , and second letter to J.  D.   …
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