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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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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