RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877.09.07. Acacia farnesiana ─ at night [with diagrams] / Proof sheet of Cross and self fertilisation (Table B), p. 123. CUL-DAR209.10.3. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. 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-DAR209.10 contains notes on sleep (Leguminosae) for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
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Sept 7 Acacia Farnesiana— at night
(Asleep at night) (All used)
Bush show wonderfully few leaves & look so thin.
[diagram] petiole quite short 147°
[diagram] Leaflet point toward apex of leaf & overlap each other
Terminal pinnae often point backwards a little as in Cassia.
Lateral pinnae rotate a little so that upper surface is directed forwards
Each pinna does not bend forwards, but right down.
Leaflets completely closed
[diagram] 87° Petiole terminal pinnae slide
2d pair / of pinnae
3d or basal pair of pin
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[Proof sheet of Cross and self fertilisation (Table B), p. 123.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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