From Daniel Oliver 20 October 1874
Herbr.
20. X/74
My dear Sir/
The specimens safely back again; Thanks.1
As to Aldrovanda: we have no Indian specimen, but the Indian figure in our coll. drawings as to leaves shews no difference.2
We have a mite of an Australian specn & I have [soaked] off a minute fragment for yr examination.3
Roridula. Of this genus Harvey says simply 2 species, “natives of the Western district” i.e. of Cape Colony—but no detail as to prevalence4
Of Byblis, there are also 2 spp.—
B. liniflora, various Stations in No. Australia & also in Queensland. & B. gigantua. limited to West Australia: Canning river; Swan river region; Port Gregory; Hampden.5
Very sincerely yrs | D Oliver
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Harvey, William Henry. 1868. The genera of South African plants, arranged according to the natural system. 2d edition. Edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Cape Town, South Africa: J. C. Juta. London: Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Sends information about Indian and Australian species of Aldrovanda, Roridula, and Byblis.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9689
- From
- Daniel Oliver
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 58.1: 106–7
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9689,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9689.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
