rous Plants," page 321.), and am very much obliged
for reference. It is pretty to see how the caught flies support Drosera;
nothing else can live.

Thanks about plants with two kinds of anthers. I presume (if an included
flower was a Cassia) (612/4. Todd has described a species of Cassia with
an arrangement of stamens like the Melastomads. See Chapter 2.X.II.)
that Cassia is like lupines, but with some stamens still more
rudimentary. If I hear I will return the three Melastomads; I do not
want them, and, indeed, have cuttings. I am very low about them, and
have wasted enormous labour over them, and cannot yet get a glimpse of
the meaning of the parts. I wish I knew any botanical collector to whom
I could apply for seeds in their native land of any Heterocentron or
Monochoetum; I have raised plenty of seedlings from your plants, but
I find in other cases that from a homomorphic union one generally gets
solely the parent form. Do you chance to know of any botanical collector
in Mexico or Peru? I must not now indulge myself with looking after
vessels and homologies. Some future time I will indulge myself. By the
way, some time I want to talk over the alternation of organs in flowers
with you, for I think I must have quite misunderstood you that it was
not explicable.

I found out the Verbascum case by pure accident, having transplanted
one for experiment, and finding it to my astonishment utterly sterile.
I formerly thought with you about rarity of natural hybrids, but I am
beginning to change: viz., oxlips (not quite proven), Verbascum, Cistus
(not quite proven), Aegilops triticoides (beautifully shown by Godron),
Weddell's and your orchids (612/5. For Verbascum see "Animals and
Plants," Edition II., Volume I., page 356; for Cistus, Ibid., Edition
II., Volume I., page 356, Volume II., page 122; for Aegilops, Ibid.,
Edition II., Volume I., page 330, note.), and I daresay many others
recorded. Your letters are one of my greatest pleasures in life, but I
earnestly beg you never to write unless you feel somewhat inclined, for
I know how hard you work, as I work only in the morning it is different
with me, and is only a pleasant relaxation. You will never know how much
I owe to you for your constant kindness and encouragement.

LETTER 613. TO JOHN LUBBOCK (Lord Avebury). Cliff Cottage, Bournemouth,
Hants, September 2nd [1862].

Hearty thanks for your note. I am so glad that your tour answered so
splendidly. My poor patie