RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Manettia line follows the sun (Young plant). CUL-DAR157.1.51. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe. 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".
[51]
Manettia line follows the sun (Young plant) 7th. 8º 5' to 2º 23' = 6º 18'
8th. 7º 2' to 1º 55' 6º 53'
9th — 6º .30'
[51v]
7th 3º 10'
do 2º 28'
8' 3º 5'
do 2º 56'
― 2º 30
2º 30'
2º 7' to 4º 45 [-] 7 [=] 38
6º 57 to 10 2'
10 2' 12º 58
12º 58— 5º 5
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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