To Edward Frankland 31 August 1874
Summary
Utricularia catch freshwater Crustaceans, which cannot be digested and rot in the bladders. CD is interested to identify any substance produced in the putrefaction before it is resolved into gases and salts of ammonia. He has reason to believe that the plant absorbs such products.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 31 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9614A |
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| letter | (1) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Frankland, Edward | (1) |
