RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864.05.18-07.10. Cobaea scandens. CUL-DAR157.2.11. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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-DAR157.11-60 were in a folder marked "Twiners". Items CUL-DAR157.61-112 were in a folder marked "Leaf-climbers" and items CUL-DAR157.114-147 were in a folder marked "Tendrils". Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
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May 18th. 64. Cobæa scandens.— Cut off when very young nearly all tendrils,, except basal branch, so that weight shd not act on leaf-stalk: & then put under Bell-glass, leaf as it grew older bent slowly down, with irregular crooked —course, but I cd see no trace of its performing revolutions. — & indeed very little in base of tendril itself.
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6 1/4 whole leaf & to part bearing leaves or true petiole only 1 1/4 so to 5 times as long as true petiole, of which it is a production.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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