To W. D. Crick 24 June [1879]
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
June 24th
Dear Sir
I do not think that there wd be any particular interest in the abnormality in question; but I have looked at several flowers & can see no trace of it. Can you have mistaken the upwardly folded connection between the 2 anther cells for a rudimentary anther-cell? I have somewhere alluded to this fold in comparing the structure of Ophrys & Orchis.—1
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Summary
Thinks there is no particular interest in the abnormality in question.
Also CD has looked at several flowers and believes WDC may be mistaken in believing there is a rudimentary anther cell.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12117
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Walter Drawbridge Crick
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- JU 24 79
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36235)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12117,” accessed on 29 May 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12117.xml
