The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. 1864.04.19-20. Lonicera brachypoda. CUL-DAR157.1.52. (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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Lonicera brachypoda April 19' 64

Moves with sun. — In warm room in House.

1' circle about 9º. 10'

The semicircle from light far slower than to light

2d circle about 12º. 20', shoot very young lower shoot ceasing to move.

3d circle do. in 7º 30'

The tip of shoot was hooked, & got soon straight, but never became hooked so due to growth — The black marks on internode which were put on convex side became lateral.

Ap. 20 a circle in exactly 8º. The semi-circle from the light took 5º 23' & to the light 2º 37'

5º 23 [-] 2 37 [=] 2º 46

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