RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1878].11.22-24. Desmodium / Draft fragment, fair copy, of Cross and self fertilisation, chapter 10. CUL-DAR209.2.7. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. RN2
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). Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of the draft corresponds to Cross and self fertilisation, p. 383.
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Desmodium
8° 30
9' 17 to right
10 15 down & to left right
10 48 down & to left
11. 50 down & to right
12 53 far up straight no change in light
2° to right & down
3° to left & up. back
4° to left & down
5 to left & slightly down
6 same course
7. 15 enormously down leave almost asleep
9° far down asleep
23d ⨀ 6° 40'
7° 53 much risen
7 57 to right & risen
9. 3 risen immensely & to R.
10°. 3' far to left
11 to right & up
12 to right & down X
12 34'
12. 38'
+5 1/2'
4 1/2
x 4 minutes
1°—5.
— see how crooked !!!
2°. 24
2. 30'
2 35
2 40
2. 45
2. 50
3
4° to left & down
4° 46'.
4° 50
4 55
5 34 down
5 48
/ 6. 16
6. 19
6. 22
6. 26
6. 29
6. 33
6. 37
6. 40
6. 45
6. 51
7°. 10 very low
24th ⨀
6 .50
8 . 5'
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[Left and right sides of the sheet excised]
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