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From T. F. Cheeseman   23 October 1877

Summary

Sends his paper on Selliera fertilisation [Trans. & Proc. N. Z. Inst. 9 (1876): 542–5]; contrasts it to CD’s description of Leschenaultia [Collected papers 2: 162–5].

Describes the irritability of Glossostigma elatinoides which he concludes is a mechanism to ensure cross-fertilisation.

Author:  Thomas Frederick Cheeseman
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 Oct 1877
Classmark:  Nature, 27 December 1877, pp. 163–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11204