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Jun 10th 74

Anagallis red var. grandiflorum

I squirted with finest syringe into well open flower, & it shut completely in (I guess,) 5 or 6m. —

Another flower not very f fully open was syringed & did not shut in 5' but was almost shut after 25'.— (11th I got 3 flowers with corolla horizontal & syringed for short time, not shut in 25' — syringed again, & after 36' from the second syringing one flower slightly closed, & 30' subsequently all 3 flowers shut, probably from darkness of n. room.— All this opposed to water having any power.— perhaps these widely expanded flower cannot shut so well, as less well open; yet they did ultimately shut either from water, or more probably from darkness

Helianthemum /over

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Jun 10'

Helianthemum (wild yellow)

If touched with needle or brittle stamens suddenly diverge from pistil & I am nearly sure movement caused by fine syringe of water.—

11' I tried 2 flowers again & certainly stream cause the stamens to diverge.

Closing of flowers by water