RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].11.19-23. Hoya carnosa. CUL-DAR157.1.39. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2023. 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-DAR157.1.11-60 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".
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Shoot nearly yard long —no leaves, depended
At least 20 inches Nearly two feet of of this ci curled from side to like a snake with tip I I believe going round — movement slow.
I think nearly whole yard moves.
Nov. 23d I may say that the swaying & curling movement of whole shoot & rotation of axis is slow & irregular from about 16º to 22º or 24º.— Observation made during several days. — Horwood says that little roots or shoots stick like Ivy!!!
(Certainly tip curls but not very well round any object.)
(Shoot 32 inches long — 6 internodes & 1 shoot one inch long.—)
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19th 10º 15'. ceiling near left corner of left on whole line of last internode
12º. 25 Head of sofa (more than semicircle?)
4. 25 Bell Glass
9º. to base of grid, stick [sketch]
20th. 8º 25 Hall's Index
12º. 15' about 90'
2º. Lyells Principles} more than semicircle [sketch]
(perhaps 1º 45 = semicircle)
3º about 3/4 of circle. in 5º. 30' about 3/4
21'— 8º. 25. Post-Office Directory
Hoya carnosa
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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