RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878. Pinus pinaster. CUL-DAR209.3.17-18. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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-DAR209.3 contains materials on Circumnutation of leaves and hyponasty for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
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Jun 2d
Pinus 6 inches
6. 45
8 20 fallen
9. 40
10. 30
11. 30 fallen
12. 45
1. 53 short way to right
2. 45 same spot
4° a trace to left & fallen
5 nearly same spot
6 same spot
7° 10 do.
8. 55 to left little do
10. 45. do
June 3d
6° 45 still fallen
8° 50 down
9. 55 down
11. do
12. 5 do
1' 5 little down
2° same spot a little up ?
3° same spot
5. 50 do
6° an atom up— I suspect moves
Distance of apex of leaf fr glass
10½ inches so considerably magnified
17v
[proof sheet of Forms of flowers]
18
Pinus
4th
Temp
6° 50'
8. 25 down
8° 25 (put pot ?further off ?
10. 15 down & to left
11 25 to left & down
1° do.
2° to right & little down
3 down & to left
4° up & to left
5 10' down
6. 5 to right & little up
8. 20 to left & up
Plant 3 inches high leaf barely 1 inch long
Jun 5' 6° 40 down
8°. 50' down & to left
10. 9 to right & down
11. down & little to left
11. 50 to right
12 55 down to left
2. 5 straight down
3 same spot
4 only an atom
6. down
7. 15 vertically down
9 almost same spot
10 40 a little to left & down.
Jun 6 6° 40 dot by itself
8' down a little
9 20 down a little
10. 15 same spot
11. 12' moved very little
12. 35 an atom
18v
[proof sheet of Forms of flowers]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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