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Darwin Correspondence Project

To ?   [1860–82?]1

I am almost certain that it is Menispermum Canadense2

C. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is conjectured on the assumption that few people would have asked CD for botanical identifications before he became widely known with the publication of Origin in 1859; but it may have been earlier.
Menispermum canadense is the Canadian or common moonseed.

Bibliography

Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.

Summary

Is "almost certain" plant is Menispermum canadense.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13875
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Unidentified
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Glenbow Museum
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13875,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13875.xml

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