RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. [1873].11.23. Mimosa albida. CUL-DAR209.2.54-62. 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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Sunday Nov. 23 Temp of Case 85° 86° Mimosa albida

Upper leaf in natural position

Blowing no effect on main petiole, but sub-petiole depressed

[annotated figure] Leaves rather more sensitive than yesterday from being hotter beca hotter, but leaflets did not nearly close

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10. 50' after hitting hard with finger for 46'' & pinching them

Nov. 23d Upper leaf— When I found blowing did so little, I tried hitting like yesterday but the leaf proved rather torpid & old

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17° 10' before being syringed Thermon 93

Nov. 23d Lower leaf, the same as tried yesterday

In its natural position M. albida

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See Back for results after syringing for 46'' with tepid water

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Nov 23d 12° 20' after stick syringing

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Lower leaf. (which was tried yesterd.)— hit it before hitting it with my finger & before pinching it pinched for 46" at 12. 40'

Sunday Nov. 23d

12. 40' M. albida

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After hitting for 46" Lower leaf

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7 After hitting for 46" lower leaf

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Sunday Nov. 23d

After syringing for 46"

Lower Leaf — at 2° 25' observed, so that leaf had perfectly recovered from being hit— Indeed it recovers in very few minutes

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The depression of main petiole, as compared with angle in p. 6— & depression of the one pinna here shown, as compared with that at p 7. Must be added together to show total depression of the one pinna from being syringed. — It is clear that syringing, as on previous day has produced greater depression than hitting

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Sunday 23rd

After syringing

Same leaf as experimented on in last pages— compare divergence with that shown at p 6. after being hit with finger— There seems very little difference.—

[annotated figure] Lower Leaf

[annotated figures] The object of these diagram, & that on p. 10 is to show the shape of leaflets of above Lower leaf after the syringing; but I suspect they had already begun to rise

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Sunday 23rd

After syringing

[annotated figure] Lower Leaf


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