Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from J. D. Hooker to C. R. Darwin [28 April 1860]
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Has examined <i>Leschenaultia</i> and concludes the external viscid surfaces have nothing to do with the stigmatic surface. Agrees with CD’s style and nectary conclusions; accounts for their form and position in irregular flowers by describing floral development.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>[Enclosed are some queries by CD with answers by JDH. Gives information on seed setting by <i>Mucuna</i></p><p style='text-align: justify;'>and an opinion on the abruptness of N. and S. limits of plant ranges.]</p>