RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1863].11.10-15. L. grandiflorus. CUL-DAR157.2.22. 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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Nov 10 & 11, L. grandiflorus. — Plant in Pot, forced in green-house— observed in study— growing — growing even out of doors & catching hold of things. Tendrils now sensitive — chiefly or exclusively on concave side, for naturally a little curled — T. moves down with age as with L. apaca. — But neither t. nor internodes any movement!!
(Thus last alternation completes 4th case.)
Bears 2 leaflets & tendril [illeg] this, sometimes branched at tip.— Can act only only by growth or wind. —
Base of t. very little sensitive.
Movements slow of t.s — It is certain that convex side of tip hardly sensitive, whereas concave is.—
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Nov. 15' I have put plant for some days in Hot House — no movement, but I was for time misled by the depression of t. from oblique to depending position. —
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