RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874-1875]. Draft leaf of Insectivorous plants, folio 47. LINSOC-DWC.2.33. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Catalogued, transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2026. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Linnean Society of London and William Huxley Darwin. LINSOC-DWC.2 consists of an album of draft leaves of Darwin's books, Earthworms, Insectivorous plants, Cross and self fertilisation, Expression, and Power of movement deposited by The Charles Darwin Trust.
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that the valve is formed by the infolding of the medial part of the dorsal surface of the bladder; & the rim collar by a similar infolding of the ventral surface. I believe that at this early age the valves & collars are do not cohere in any part. When the one of these very young bladders was viewed from obliquely above, a distinct change in the nature of the tissue, could be seen at the corner of the elliptical orifice, where it infolded dorsal & ventral surfaces unite an are joined , showing that they are essentially distinct. Hence
From these facts, & considering from the bi [illeg] of bifurcation of the vascular tissue I believe to bladder is found by the edges of the vessels at the base of the bladder
I conclude that it is formed by two divisions of the a leaf having coalesced in the lower parts. by their edges.)
(The division of the leaves whilst very l young are flat & thin, & curve round the centre of the
[mathematical notes by George Darwin]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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