RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. T. azureum are highly remarkable. CUL-DAR157.1.145. 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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T. azureum are highly remarkable [3 words illeg], they arise as before length & branching.
hooked tips
sensitive to rub. — straight line — to loop of thread— When stick placed curled round it in 1° —. But they repelled they loosened it again. — twined various objects. sometimes caught a stick. we shall soon see what they wanted. If They have no true spontaneous movement of their own, but are curved fast short time by internode: this takes place a remarkable fast they put to darkest place.—
give all facts.—
These depend vertically down & [illeg] many down & generally catch one stem & supporting-stick.— When they have caught any object they contract spirally: if they do not catch they do not enter & soon wither away
I have said that they often loose stick. glass— plate of Zinc
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about 1/20' in diameter
Spreads all over tip of t.
arise on apex & superior surface
Scores of fibers—
{Crusty surface— Brown glistening points
7 discs which supported 6 oz
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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