RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877.05.19. Eucalyptus. CUL-DAR209.12.148. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2023. 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 volume CUL-DAR209.12 contains material for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).

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May 19th / 77 / Eucalyptus

Beautifully protected, at little knobs of wax.— when drop of S. Ether placed 2 or 3 times on leaf flows & evaporates & leaves on border crust of redeposited wax.—

Spot thus cleaned & cleared by dry rubbing well wetted with water & when taken out water adheres firmly to the wet surface & cannot be easily shaken off.—

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