RECORD: Darwin, C. R. errata [for Insectivorous plants]. CUL-DAR86.B50. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2025. 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-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
See Darwin's annotated copy of Insectivorous plants: Image PDF where these corrections are marked.
Darwin, C. R. 1875. Insectivorous plants. 2d thousand. London: Murray. Image PDF F1218
B50
(Corrected in last reprint)
(Put all pages under the other Head Insectivorous Plants
[pasted slip:] p 172. line 18 from top for 'above two-millionth of its weight', read, 'above two million times its weight'.
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(corrected) p. 199, 16 lines from bottom for .0296 read .0675
(corrected) p. 270 last line from mple read ample
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(corrected) p. 287 under the figure for Dionœa read Dionæa
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N. B. If the English inches are not given it would be absurd to give the mm to so many places of decimals as my measurements pretend to no great precision
Two copies made for Germany & France
Insectivorous Plants
Perfect list of all corrections discovered up to Aug. 1875.
B50v
Insectiv Plants
CD
done 1887
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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