RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].08.13. Solanum jasminoides. CUL-DAR157.1.101. 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.
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Aug 13. Solanum jasminoides.
In unclasped leaf 2 bundles of vessels to lateral leaflets, unchanged & distinct [sketch] upper surface in clasped & unclasped leaves— In middle semilunar In band, consisting of 3 groups of vessels, distinct but closely approximate.—
In clasped leaf, (besides increase of size & hardness of wound vessels, these 3 are united, & the ends of semilunar band have crawled on & made a ring— & structure more compact— vessels swollen or walls thicker but the upper part of ring
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is less thick & in thin section has slightly different appearance from other part.— Clasped leaf like axis— diverging rays through woody vessels from centre — but more compact, ie not so many open spaces.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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