RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [1878].10.14. Desmodium. CUL-DAR209.2.3-5. 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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[annotated sketch]

distance from pane of glass to centre of axis at front of petiole of leaf observed 8 1/8 inches, but the line was greatly inclined

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Moved horizontally .83 of an inch in actual distance — vertically 1.2 ⎯⎯ do. do} This refers to apex of leaf, & therefore includes small movement of petiole & probably still smaller movement of shoot or axis i.e. to extreme distance travelled during its whole course

[annotated sketch] Oct 14 p. 17

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Extreme movement in horizontal line of Petiole = .11 of an inch

do do in vertical do. do— .06 of an inch

movement of petiole, as judged by tip of leaflet supposing this whole leaflet to have been rigid, for comparison, with the real movements of leaflet petiole alone & of leaflet together with petiole

Extreme movement in horizontal line — 16 of an inch .32

— vertical line — .17} I may say that I fixed bit of paper as long as leaflet

[annotated sketch]} end of leaflet supposing this to be have been rigid the movement wd have been as above

Extreme movement in horizontal line of tip of main leaflet (at the same time) with & including that of the above petiole)—.16 of an inch— XX

do do is vertical do do do do do do do do do —.32 of an inch

XX so that it appears that leaflet must have moved in opposed line to the movement of petiole, for the paper tip leaflet, if rigid (see z) would have moved, owing to movements of petiole .32 of an inch instead of as here only .16.

Vertically the movement of leaflet has increased exceeded that of petiole in the proportion of .32 to .17

[annotated sketch] Oct 14 p. 12.

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p 17 Diagram of Movement & Tracing


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