RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1877].09.04. Lupinus menziesii. CUL-DAR209.1.71. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2022. 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 volume CUL-DAR209.1 contains materials on circumnutation of leaves and sleep for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
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Lupinus menziesii. —(California)
Sept. 4 2° 30' P.M. morning
[annotated diagram] (B) Pet Pet older & at right angles to A
The 2 leaves B at the same distance apart at night as at day
[annotated diagram] asleep 2 opposite petioles A Pet Pet Black wool
Stars sub-horizontal or generally slightly inclined to light
8° 15' P.m. The stars almost as horizontal as at during day.
(Keep in greenhouse & see if will then go to sleep)
(of no use)
Petioles rose a little
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