RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Sowerby, English botany. CUL-DAR207.9. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
Sowerby's Bot. Ruppia maritima (mem. Bennet) (same nat. family as Zostara) flowers are raised to surface in flowering time by means of axillary flower stalk, sometimes coiled.
James Sowerby. English Botany; or coloued figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. London.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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