RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. [ny].04.14-22. Thunbergia alata / in Hothouse. CUL-DAR157.1.46. 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.
[46]
Ap. 22— In Hothouse
Thunbergia alata —
against sun
Ap. 14 — 3°. 20'
― 18 — 2°- 50'
― 18 — 2°- 55'
― 18 — 3°- 55'
This very interesting, as in same order of Acanthaceæ, we have reverse movement, as compared with the Adhatoda & the direction of twining is reversed. —
So Palm's generalisation is wrong —
It is a beautiful twiner. —
[Climbing plants, pp. 1 & 17.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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