RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1874.07.07. Drosera. CUL-DAR57.115. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1

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. The volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).


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Drosera July 7. 74

The cells are nearly all distinctly oblong and plainly radiate from the footstalk to all points of the circumference [sketch]

round head gland

18, 20, 20

long head gland

30, 29

Long Round headed gland one either 18 or 20 cells in length the other 20 —

3 others 18 or 19

16 or 17

17 or 18

Long headed one 30 one 29

These numbers cannot be absolutely accurate on account of the difficulty of counting & the uncertainty of where hair begins


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