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Lotus ─ Sleep

Aug. 26 L. ornithopodoides. ─ Lat. leaflets approach each & move backwords towards base of petiole & as this is short then embrace the stem. Terminal L. rises up & generally overarches to lateral, closely as in Trifolium.─ The petiole, at least of leaves which are not old must rise certainly a little. The stipules rise up & point backwards so as to embrace stem Cotyledon do not move, as leaves are close to petiole towards tip of shoot & all move in same manner they together form there a [low] clump of leaves movement very like Trifolium, result chiefly different from shortness of petioles. Bracts & Leaflets silvery both sides. Shaking & dipping in water for 1' 30'' no effect.

L. peregrinus, all like above. ─ 2 petioles when asleep (above white thread) a little above L [sketch]

L. aristata all do. stipules very large: in this & last sp. all leaflets & stipules silvery both sides

L. gebelia (4) all as before. This sp. awakes later in the morning. [That] L. major I doubt about petioles rising.

[Im margin:] all silvery as before

L. major all as before, but owing to greater length of petioles, the leaflets turn more backwards so as to reach the stem. Therefore lower surface of the terminal leaflet is more conspicuously visible when plants viewed from vertically above.─ Petioles more upturned during sleep.

L. conimbricensis & [illeg], all as above, silvery appearance of former sp. as above. ─ L. [illeg] however has a more [grounding] silvery appearance & is not so well protected from water & this seems due to the epidermic cells being larger