To Francis Darwin [12 October 1876]
[Bassett, Southampton.]
I saw the notice about Empetrum.1 Emp. nigrum is the Crowberry. A trailing plant, with leaves very like a Heath; bears black berries— sure to grow high up on mountains of Wales.
C. D.
(I cannot understand how leaves in bud can act as fly-catchers.)
Footnotes
For the notice on Empetrum nigrum (the crowberry), see the letter from Francis Darwin, [after 8 October 1876] and n. 5.
Summary
Has seen notice on Empetrum but cannot understand how leaves in bud could act as fly-catchers.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10641
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Sent from
- Bassett
- Postmark
- OC 12 76
- Source of text
- DAR 211: 18
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10641,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10641.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24
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