From Daniel Oliver [after 8 October 1861]1
[Kew]
I find no trace of nectar or other secretion in the hollow base of labell of St. Saccata2
The papillae wh. clothe it are more or less moist, but no accumulation as a drop—
Footnotes
The draft of Oliver’s letter is written on the back of the letter to Daniel Oliver, 8 October [1861].
Summary
Finds no trace of nectar in Stanhopea saccata.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3280
- From
- Daniel Oliver
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 261.10: 31
- Physical description
- ADraft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3280,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3280.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
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