RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864.08.01. Loasa aurantiaca. CUL-DAR157.1.54. 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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Aug 1. 1864— Loasa aurantiaca— I raised 17 Plants; of these 8 moved against sun & ascended from left to right; 5 with sun & ascended reversely; & 4 others took turns in 2 ways, generally only one or two in some one way & others all the others in reversed course—
The best example took 7 spiral turns with sun. (ie from right to left) 5 spiral turns in opposite course.—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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