To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 1 October [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 1.
My dear Dr. Sanderson.
I hear from Frank that Drosera has been behaving perversely.2 I write a line, as it may possibly have a bearing on this perversity, viz that the motor influence is sent from the excited glands more quickly & completely in a longitudinal than in a transverse direction in the lamina of the leaf.3
Yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Hears from Frank [Darwin] that Drosera behaves perversely. Suggests that motor influence may move longitudinally away from the excited glands.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9081
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-7)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9081,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9081.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21