RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1864]. Bignonia Chamberlaynii. CUL-DAR157.1.129. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2023. RN1
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The volumes CUL-DAR157.1-2 contain notes, abstracts etc. for Darwin's long paper and later book Climbing plants (1865). It was also commercially available as a softbound offprint, F834, F834a. See R. B. Freeman's bibliographical introduction. Items CUL-DAR157.1.11-60 were in a folder marked "Twiners". Items CUL-DAR157.1.61-112 were in a folder marked "Leaf-climbers" and items CUL-DAR157.1.114-147 were in a folder marked "Tendrils". Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
Big. Chamberlayni Var. Two plants procured from Mr V. under this name, clearly allied yet slightly different— whether vars. or species I cannot say. — Petioles long certainly move— The 2 opposite independently one rose so that t. touched upright shoot.— Internodes & t. move spontaneously.
Tendrils— lower one long & single— The next with little rudiments of 1 or 2 toes.—
I believe distinct species— Petioles not sensitive. In all respects climb like B. littoralis, except t. shorter & 3 unequal toes relatively shorter & pointed at tips & do not (I believe) form discs or outgrowths.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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