RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].03.21-22. Gazania nutation / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, folio 60. CUL-DAR209.3.212. (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 12.2022. 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-DAR209.3 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).

Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin.


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Mar 21'

Gazania nutation

Mar 21'

9° a m

9· 55

10  57   from light or back

12    from light & to left

1        same course

2      do & to right

3    to right

4   to right & from light

5    ─

6   up reversed course

7 20   to the right

8 · 37   to light & left

9 . 33   to right & little to light far

10. 37   to right & from light far

12. 2  

.18 at close of observations  

Height of Plant to apex of leaves

7 inches      

6° 45'  to light & right ‒ long way New dot ⨀  moved pot square to left & near

8°  from light & right — (short way)

9·   from light (filament bowed to card, so more magnified)

10· 7·    to left & from light

11· 3        nearly same course

12      nearly same course more from light

1°      far to left

2°      same course

3°   to right gone back

4     to light & left

5      from light

 6     to left, (almost hidden by point of leaf

Height of Plant 

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60

Ipomoea

of the third generation in Table 3, gave results as follows

Table 5. (fourth generation)

No. of Pot

I

 

Crossed Plants

84

59

Self-fert. Plants

80

44 1/4

II

47

83

73 1/2

51 /1/2

III

82

56 1/2

 

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