The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].08.24. Convolvulus major. CUL-DAR157.1.40. (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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Aug 24'

Convolvulus Major

A young plant 12 inches higher. The two upper internodes together 7 inches long alone moved.

The very young plant when only 2 or 3 inches high no rotation.—

1º 14 [+] 1. 28 [=] 2. 42

First circle in 2º. 42'

second do 2º. 47'

Semicircles from light 1º. 14'

do 1º. 17'

Semicircles to light 1º. 28'

do 1. 30'

In first case light hastened journey by 14' in second case by 13'. It is clear that Dutrochet is right about Pea.—

[Climbing plants, pp. 17 & 65.]

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)