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_Listera ovata_, &c. Morren [467] mentions analogous deficiencies in
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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I am glad you have seen Listera; it requires to be seen to believe in the co-ordination in the position of the parts, the irritability, and the chemical nature of the viscid fluid.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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I have examined Listera ovata, cordata, and Neottia nidus avis: the pollen is uniform; I suspect you must have seen some observation founded on a mistake from the penetration and hardening of sticky fluid from the rostellum, which does penetrate the pollen a little.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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The forked lower lobe of Heart-leaved Twayblade (Listera cordata) is distinctive.
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