From William Marshall 12 June 1864
Ely.
June 12th 1864.
Dear Sir
Having seen your Paper on the 2 Forms of “Linum”1 & further that you are about to read a another Paper on 3 Forms of “Lythrum salicaria”,2 I write to ask you (à propos of the subject) whether you have noticed the 2 very Distinct forms of “Plantago lanceolata”, one abundantly polliniferous, the other apparently producing abortive anthers.3
The latter are far fewer than the former, but in passing through a field of “Lambtongue” the other day I noticed the two forms for the first time. I presume they are well known to you—
Anacharis alsinastrum.—
I have prepared a full & careful reply to your Inquiries relating to this plant made of me 2 or 3 years ago4 & will send them, if not too late.
Yours truly | Wm. Marshall
C. Darwin Esq
Down Bromley | Kent
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.
Marshall, William. 1852. Excessive and noxious increase of Udora canadensis (Anacharis alsinastrum). Phytologist 4 (1851–2): 705–15.
‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria’: On the sexual relations of the three forms of Lythrum salicaria. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 8 (1865): 169–96. [Collected papers 2: 106–31.]
‘Two forms in species of Linum’: On the existence of two forms, and on their reciprocal sexual relation, in several species of the genus Linum. By Charles Darwin. [Read 5 February 1863.] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Botany) 7 (1864): 69–83. [Collected papers 2: 93–105.]
Summary
Informs CD of two distinct forms of Plantago lanceolata.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4530
- From
- William Marshall
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Ely
- Source of text
- DAR 109: A88–9
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4530,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4530.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12