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Vertical Glass Dionæa — Old Leaf

Sept 24' Fresh leaf— filament fixed externally

8°. 5' first dot

8 . 48' risen a bit & to left

9 40 same spot

10. 30 .— do

 

10 . 33' (depressed by weight) infusion of meat

10 . 34' dot & outline of spike each vied in front

—  38 I think closing ??

11. 45. same spot— leaf not at all closed ( X )

12. 40. risen an atom

12 45 ⨀. put on more infusion. — weight caused slight fall

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1 . 45 risen an atom on rising

2 . 35 an atom higher

4°. up & to right

6 — . do

 

no doubt only the

cly of leaf

Used

 

7 . 10' still up — can this be owing to drying of fluid?

7. 15 new dot (because slided glass —

8 30 same spot

10 50 up & to left

25'. 6. 45' a.m. down during night

8° 5 up & to right

9. 5 right down— I think meat for made  circumnutation

10 . 25  up & to R

11 . 45 a little to right

1 35 to right & down

3° up straight

4 to right & down

5. 5' to right & up— The Cots are now closing & spikes turned The zig-zaging indicates nutation in & this causes the great lateral movement

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intercrossing two of the grandchildren [text excised] any more than when two of the children of Hero were inter crossed. It appears therefore that Hero together with & its descendants have varied from the common type, not only in acquiring great power of growth and increased fertility, when subjected to self-fertilisation, but in not profiting from a cross with a distinct family; and this latter fact, if trustworthy, is a unique case, as far as I have observed.

11.33' an Hour alm 7 1/3 inch

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25th continued Dionæa — Old Leaf

25th continued

5°. quickly)

7. 20 . same course

8. 48 to right & little up (almost closed)

9. 45 vertically down

10. 45 up & to right— Spikes intercrossed—

2 6 7 the 6° 55' a . m — perfectly closed

7 . 3.5 up.

8 . 30 little to right   

— to 8 . 55 . nearly same spot

End of leaf 8½ from vertical glass

Length of Leaf

at 9° Put under sky light

Used

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Ipomoea

two sets of seedlings (namely self-fertilised and the offspring of brothers and sister), is given in the following Table.

Table 16.

No. of Pot	Self-fert. Grandchildren from the self-fert. children of Hero. Eight generation	Grandchildren from a cross between the self-fert children of Hero. Eighth generation
I	86 6/8 90 3/8	95 6/8 95 3/8
II	96 77 2/8	85 93
III	73 [excised]	86 2/8 82 [excised]