RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1882.04.12. Trifolium resupinatum. CUL-DAR209.12.182. 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).
The date on this note could make it one of the last if not the last scientific notes Darwin ever wrote. He died on 19 April 1882.
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Ap. 12th 1882. Trifolium resupinatum.
In the bud each leaflet folded with upper surface in contact. & all 3 leaflets form a packet, with the basal 1/2 of lateral leaflets turned outside.
Can bloom serve to prevent adhesion of leaflets?
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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