RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.08.03. Arachis hypogaea. CUL-DAR209.1.8. 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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Aug 3d 1878

Arachis Hypogaea

Last night I observed petioles stood at right angles with stem, & this morning at 12' noon they formed angle of about 45° with upper part of stem — so fall considerably at night—

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