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To J. S. Henslow   3 July [1840]

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Summary

Describes an orange tree with curious "horned" fruit; sends specimen. Asks if the horns represent "metamorphoses of some organ into the fruit orange".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  3 July [1840]
Classmark:  DAR 93: A5–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-573