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Enquiring about cleistogamic flowers of Oxalis.

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Discusses possible cleistogamic flowers in Oxalis.

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Envelope containing specimens (apparently mentioned in the letter from Daniel Oliver 27 February 1863 (S 4015)).

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Asks four favours: sort out confusion about the name Byblis gigantea or grandiflora; can he see dried specimens of Genlisea ornata; is there a more recent list of Drosera spp. than Steudel 1841; are there at Kew any dried specimens of Utricularia montana collected from the plant’s native haunts.

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Returning the plants DO had sent him from Kew

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Congratulations on DO’s marriage.

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Compliments DO on his wealth of information.

Henrietta’s relapse.

Thanks for extract on Drosera.

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Ferdinand Cohn has already sent a copy of his article, [possibly: "Über die Function der Blasen von Aldrovanda und Utricularia", Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 1 (1870–5) pt 3: 71–89].

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Delighted to try experiments on Drosera spathulata.

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CD never dreamed primroses did not abound with DO; apologises for trouble and sends flowers.

Will repay DO for cost of Cypripedium and for the Dionaea, if any can be got.

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Finds no trace of nectar in Stanhopea saccata.

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Gives a reference to a paper.

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Thanks for correcting Fritz Miller’s paper on climbing plants. CD will send it to Linnean Society.

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Thanks for the information about the action of roots on rocks.

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Sends capsules with results from Genlisea specimens and fragments of Polypompholyx.

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Thanks for Forms of flowers.

Alexander Dickson would like to know whether anyone has described the epidermal cells lining the pitcher of Cephalotus.

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Wants to amend request [see 2946] if DO wants to try carbonate of ammonia experiment. Put third drop on midrib of leaf [of Dionaea] or inside upper side.

Sorry DO already has Origin. Would he like Journal of Travels [Journal of researches]?

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Requests Oxalis acetosella, which he suspects is dimorphic.

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Distinguishes two kinds of floral dimorphism: that affecting sexual organs and that affecting outer envelopes.

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Thanks for Oxalis. Only experimentation will show whether disproportion of long- to short-styled flowers is a functional dimorphism.

Case of aestival flowers is very curious.