RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].05.16-08.15. Dipladenia crassinoda / Plumbago rosea. CUL-DAR157.1.36. 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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Dipladenia crassinoda moves against the sun.

May 16th 9°. 5'

July 20th 8° 

― 21 8° 5'

Plumbago rosea. With sun made fine large ellipse

Aug. 10th 10°. 45'

Shoot though nearly a yard high had only begun to move—

During next few days made some irregular movements more rapidly.

On Aug 15th — Made a long & deep zig-zag line, apparently representing 2 ellipse & one broad ellipse in 10° 40'; so that it apparently made 3 revolutions each in 3°. 33'

[Climbing plants, p. 16.]


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