RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864.05.18-07.10. Cobaea scandens. CUL-DAR157.2.11. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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-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-DAR157.11-60 were in a folder marked "Twiners". Items CUL-DAR157.61-112 were in a folder marked "Leaf-climbers" and items CUL-DAR157.114-147 were in a folder marked "Tendrils". Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
May 18th. 64. Cobæa scandens.— Cut off when very young nearly all tendrils,, except basal branch, so that weight shd not act on leaf-stalk: & then put under Bell-glass, leaf as it grew older bent slowly down, with irregular crooked —course, but I cd see no trace of its performing revolutions. — & indeed very little in base of tendril itself.
July 10 64
6 1/4 whole leaf & to part bearing leaves or true petiole only 1 1/4 so to 5 times as long as true petiole, of which it is a production.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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