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Mimosa pudica

⊡ 27 8°. 30' P.m

   10. 15 P.m

28th 6° 50' a m

  8 45

  9°   nearly same spot

  9° 12 nearly same spot

  10 . 9   risen

  10. 35   up & to left

  11 . 18   down

  11.  52    up

11° 54  new mark more magnif

 12 37   down

  1. 30      up

  2. 15    down

  3   same course, more up

  3. 30     do

   4°    to left & little down

   5   an atom down

   5 . 30 to right

   6     down

   7°. 12' a little up & to right

    9  20     down & little to right

    10  30     little down

  Distance of tip. 13 inches

  Pet. 1 1/2 inch

   7 1/2   High

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variability and intercrossing; but I have collected evidence on the natural offspring crossing of varieties of the tulip, hyacinth, anemone, ranunculus, strawberry, leptosiphon androsaceus, orange, rhododendron and rhubarb,

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M pudica

29th 6 50' (Temp. 21 1/2 C.)

8. 5 down 

9° to left & down

10. 6' down & to right

10 . 35 same course nearly

down 11. 7. & to left

11 . 40 same course 23°C

much down 1°

1. 40 down

2. 20 down & to left

down 3 & little to left

right 3 32 & down

same course 4° — 

5 far vertically down

6 . 10. do

do far down 7. 15

9 down little to the R

10. 20 up considerably (Temp 22 1/2C)

7° Temp 21° 30'

6 55

8°

9 great rise

10. 30 much up — (Tmp 20 1/2 C.)

11. 40 down

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favour of plants of the same variety intercrossing; & it is in chief part owing to this circumstance, that certain villages have become famous for pure seed of particular varieties.*)
(*With respect to Messrs. Sharp,