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From Daniel Oliver   12 October 1874

Royal Gardens Kew | Herbr.

12 Oct. | 74

My Dear Sir/

Dr Hooker—who is down in the West Country—sends me yr. letter abt. Sundews &c.—1 I send this morning by carrier—2 sheets of Byblis-Roridula for yr. examination—which you can return kindly at yr. convenience.2

Then, with this I put in fragts. of several Utricularias which have special circular arrangements as well as simple leaves—probly. most of them growing amongst moss or in marshy places.3

Of the group to which U. montana belongs I only know some 3 species altogether—with the [stated] “Orchidioid” appendages:— hence name of the Section (Orchidioides).4

The boy is waiting for the letters so in haste

Ever yours | D Oliver

CD annotations

1.1 Dr … convenience. 1.3] crossed blue crayon
2.1 Then, … places. 2.3] scored blue crayon
2.1 which have … leaves— 2.2] underl blue crayon

Footnotes

See letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 October 1874 and n. 1. Oliver sent dried Byblis gigantea (rainbow plant) and Roridula dentata (see Insectivorous plants, pp. 342 and 343).
See letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 October 1874 and n. 5. The section Orchidioides in the genus Utricularia (bladderworts) was originally published by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1844 (A. P. Candolle and Candolle 1824–73, 8: 23–4), with two species given: U. montana (now U. alpina), and U. unifolia. Several species are now recognised within this section (see Taylor 1989).

Bibliography

Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de and Candolle, Alphonse de. 1824–73. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. 19 vols. Paris: Treuttel & Würtz [and others].

Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.

Taylor, Peter Geoffrey. 1989. The genus Utricularia — a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

Summary

Sends specimens of Byblis, Roridula, and Utricularia for CD’s examination.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9675
From
Daniel Oliver
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Kew
Source of text
DAR 58.1: 99–100
Physical description
ALS 3pp †

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9675,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9675.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22

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