RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1878]. Eucalyptus resinifera. CUL-DAR209.3.191. (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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Eucalyptus resinifera
June 7
9º . 15'
10. 20' up.
11. 20 an atom higher
12 5 do
1. 30 fallen an atom
3 . up.
4º down
5 . 10 up. again
6 7 a little way down
7. 15 down more
9 up
10. 45 up & to right
Used
Shoot 10 3 1/2 inches high
Leaves not vertical (5 lines first day)
up & down
Young Leaf observed
2 inches long with petiole
June 8th
6º 40 — on Horizontal Glass—
6º 45 to round look— point to left bases of
8º. to me
9 to left from me, back & parallel
9. 55 to me.
10 . 15 from me
10 48 to me or back (sketch)
11 30 from me
12 15 to right
1º to me & to left.
14½ inches
oblique below glass
1º Slewed plant so as to make fresh start
2 º 5 from me
3º to left & rather towards me
3.º 50' very short distance
4 . 55 to me & to left
6º from me
7. 15 over
9 from me
10 . 45 from me
9th . 6º 45
8º . 30
191v
Temperature
June 7th 10º. 20' 17º C.
nearly 19º C 8 . 5º P.m
fail to enter an old nest.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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