I have no evidence of the reversion of all characters in a variety.

I quite agree to what you say about genius.

I told Lyell that passage made me groan.
What a pity about Falconer! (359/5.

This refers to Falconer's claim of priority against Lyell.

See "Life and Letters," III., page 14; also Letters 166 and 168.) How singular and how lamentable! Remember orchid pods.