RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. n.d. Desmodium and other species. CUL-DAR209.2.18-20. 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).
[18]
No tendrils Dr H.
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1 sub equ
2 subequal variable
3 — sub equal
4 ‒ Canadense one quinque fol— sub equal (t rather > not 1/4>)
5— s:equal
Sect Chalarium lat never largest Maryland t sometimes >
upper leaves 1 lower 3. Chalar:
stipullæ of leaflets gone? in the unifol
angustifol is unifoliolate no trace of leaflets
SigholaScopriurus (Section) same as Chalarium
Section Nicholsonia. same‒
Heteroloma ‒ platycorp unifol Chalari: no trace of lat leaflets
Asiat ‒Dendrolobium § trifle less subequal
§ Phyllodium same as Dendrolobium
§ Dicerma equal one species
§ Catenana ‒ subequal
§ Pteroloma unifol ‒ with phyllode < leaf & no trace of leafs
§ Scorp ‒(Asia)‒unifol & 3 fol— subequal— only stipell to t
[19]
No tendrils‒ no apex produced except v slight & not more Dr H says than in most Leguminosa
Always opposite in D gyrans
Enormous 3 fol not > 10 1 f.
[20]
§ Podocarpm Ind ‒ sub equal
§ Dollinera— 1 or 3 fol sub=
§ Heteroloma Ind 1 fol & 3 fol no trace or stipell of leaf
§ Nicholsonia retroflex retroflexum or 1 fol in same plant sometimes— generally the sp s are sub equal à
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§ Sagotia subequal
§ Pleurolob: Gyrans Himalaya
Malabar Coast
but no marked diff was seen examined a good many Philippines, Burmah, and Assam same general relation
The L leaf appear more fugacious than in other sp
Gyroides
[sketch] nearly subeq sometimes
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