RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. 1864.04.19-20. Lonicera brachypoda. CUL-DAR157.1.52. 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.
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Lonicera brachypoda April 19' 64
Moves with sun. — In warm room in House.
1' circle about 9°. 10'
The semicircle from light far slower than to light
2d circle about 12°. 20', shoot very young lower shoot ceasing to move.
3d circle do. in 7° 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 8°. The semi-circle from the light took 5° 23' & to the light 2° 37'
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5° 23 [-] 2 37 [=] 2° 46
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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