RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Eucalyptus (Bloom). CUL-DAR209.12.153. 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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Eucalyptus

(Bloom)

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(10) splendid bloom like on cabbage when put in cold water — In wat 71° for 7m bloom very slightly removed 81°-80' for 1m hardly more removed — leaves sub-horizontal

(11) bloom on both surfaces in cold w. Edges of leaves vertical — E. globulus

(14.) E. cordata — leaves rather broad, almost horizontal — splendid bloom on both sides — 81-80 for 1m bloom very slightly removed in patches.

(15) wetted E. obliqua leaves almost completely wetted on both sides by cold water, but lower surface less — edge of leaves almost vertical

(16)) wetted upper surface much wetted by cold water —Lower surface well protected — Edges of leaves almost vertical

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Eucalyptus


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