To Edward Forbes 23 January [1852?]
Down Farnborough Kent
Jany 23d
My dear Forbes
The Balanus from Bembridge, Barton & Headon beds is the same species B. unguiformis of Sowerby.1 The Headon specimens, about which I doubted are the best characterised & are so perfect, as to be worth preserving. The specimens shall be taken care of, & returned to you hereafter with others that I have of yours.—2
Most truly your’s | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Fossil Cirripedia (1854): A monograph of the fossil Balanidæ and Verrucidæ of Great Britain. By Charles Darwin. London: Palaeontographical Society. 1854.
Living Cirripedia (1854): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidæ (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1854.
Summary
Discusses Balanus unguiformis. Promises to return specimen.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1472
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Forbes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Florida State University Libraries, Strozier Library Special Collections Vault (tipped into a copy of Origin, QH365 .O2 1859)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1472,” accessed on 1 April 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1472.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
