To W. C. Williamson 24 October [1877]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct. 24th
My dear Sir
It is very kind of you to have taken so much trouble. The specimens are quite beautiful.2 A circular star-formed disc with most elegant glands. D. spathulata must be descended from some form like D. rotundifolia.—
Yours faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. C. Williamson, 23 October 1877.
Williamson had sent CD specimens of Drosera spathulata (Australian sundew) to replace ones he had sent earlier that had been damaged in transit (see letter to W. C. Williamson, 22 October [1877], and letter from W. C. Williamson, 23 October 1877). Drosera rotundifolia is the common or round-leaved sundew.
Summary
Thanks WCW for sending specimens. Drosera spathulata must be descended from some form like D. rotundifolia.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11206
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Crawford Williamson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 March 1973)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11206,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11206.xml
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