From Daniel Oliver [4–8 February 1862]1
Mr. Darwin to consult Naudin. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3 Vol. xii to–xviii He says Dissochæta sometimes has but 4 stamens, then ‘cum petalis alterna’.— Stylus ‘magis minusve sigmoideus’. (xv. 69).— In Aplectrum with 8 stamens, the 4 opposite the petals are ‘saepius steriles’. (p. 303) Sonerila has “Stamina 3 cum pet. alternantia, rarissime 6 et tunc alternatim inæqualia.— He figures Omphalopus XV. t. 4. with 4 stamens & nearly straight style—2
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Footnotes
Summary
Cites descriptions of melastomads in C. V. Naudin, Annales des Sciences Naturelles 3d ser., vols. 12–18.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2916
- From
- Daniel Oliver
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 205.8: 69
- Physical description
- Amem 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2916,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2916.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10