From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 22 April 1879
Royal Gardens Kew
Apl. 22. 79
Dear Mr Darwin
Prof. Oliver has had your oxalis examined at the herbarium and he pronounces it to be O. floribunda, Lehm.1
Yours very sincerely | W. T. Thiselton Dyer
CD annotations
1.1 oxalis] ‘colorata’ interl ink
End of letter: ‘Cots. of O.’ ink del ink
Footnotes
CD had asked for an identification of the plant sent to him as Oxalis colorata (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 April [1879]). Daniel Oliver was keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Oxalis floribunda is abundant flowering wood sorrel.
Summary
Oliver says Oxalis colorata is O. floribunda.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12010
- From
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 209.9: 111
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12010,” accessed on 18 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12010.xml
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