RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1863.04.14-17. Mahonia. CUL-DAR209.12.155. 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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Ap. 14th 63 Mahonia
Chloroform did not make most stamens move, but did make one or two & by starts. — I think it caused those which had just closed to open?! It certainly caused many of petals spasmodically to curl inwards. — Does this flower go to sleep?—
Ap. 17. Berberis Darwinii — Stamens did not move under chloroform — nor those that had already move back under chloroform—
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