RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.01.02-05. Mimosa pudica. CUL-DAR209.2.120. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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-DAR209.2 contains materials on circumnutation of leaves and stems for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).

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Mimosa pudica

Jan 2d The third leaf now has 2 pinnæ & basal leaflets on inner side not above length of opposite one like M. albida. [sketch]

Jan 5. syringed with tepid water first leaf, the leaflets did not shut completely, but petiole fell greatly

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