RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. March. Oxalis ortegesii — Movement of flower stalk. CUL-DAR209.3.245. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. 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-DAR209.4 contains for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).


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Oxalis ortegesii — Movement of flower stalk

Big specimen with [illeg] lens

March 5

3 pm 62°  above Horizon

5 pm  62

10 pm  65

March 6

11· 35am  62

3 20 pm  65

March 7

8· 30 am = 63°  above

9 47  ⎼⎼⎼⎼ 61

10 33   ⎼⎼⎼ 58

11 18  ⎼⎼⎼⎼ 57

12 25 pm — 55 — Lowest

2  5    ⎼⎼⎼⎼ 62

2 55  ⎼⎼⎼⎼ 62

3 59  ⎼⎼⎼⎼ 63

6 15   ⎼⎼⎼⎼ 65

8 30 pm     62   7° higher

Used

 

 

March 8

8. 30 Am –  63°  above H

10 45   ⎼⎼⎼  61

12 30   ⎼⎼⎼  58

  3 40   ⎼⎼⎼  57 — Lowest)  lowest.

  8 15  pm     60

16th  7°· a.m.     156 or 34° 24°

     8       ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼    12°

     8°· 20'           10°½

     8°· 45'             8½

     9 .   3 '             8½

     9°. 37'  ⎼⎼Lowest⎼   7½

     10°· 24'   ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼  11°

     11     18'    ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼  25½

     11°·  42   ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼  32°

     12.  1·    ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼     32°

     12.  38'  ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼31°

     1°·    6'     ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼   23½

     1.‒  39   ⎼⎼⎼Lowest⎼⎼   18½

     1·   57'    ⎼⎼⎼Lowest⎼⎼  18½

     2.  23     ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼  19

     3°  21     ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼  20½

         over Back of Pot

 

Flower stalk of Bryophyte Oxalis sensitiva

March 7

10 Am    ⎼⎼ 83° above H

11·10  ⎼⎼⎼⎼ 90   Vertical

3 57 pm.   77

6·15 pm    60

 

 

M    12 · 0    E  

 

March 8

8· 30 pm     57°  above

10· 45 —   75

12· 30 pm   77

  2· 30 —   75

  7 pm    48°

 

77°

M     E 

 

March 15 Hor. stalk are older.

   at 7° P.m only much more nearly horizontal

   X at 7° 30' Pm   15° above horizon

      9°. –   X   5°   ado    do

     10. 40' P.      25    do.    do

Mach 16th 2°. 45 a.m   41° above Horizon– in middle of night

     6. 35 a.m   43°   above do

     8° a.m     25    above Horizon.

 

Marc 16th continued cold day

9°. 15' A.m.   26° above Horizon

10 11     15° above

10 25'       20°     above

11° 3     15°    above

11. 43      17

12. 13      23° X Cold

2 ·10 — 7 on protract = 9 above 9' above

2 ·20   7.

  2 43  — 6

  5·pm —  0

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March 17th

   3° .   50  ⎼⎼   20½

   4°.   40'       23°

   5°     18'    24°

   5°.   46.'      24°

   7°     0'  ⎼⎼⎼  26½

   8:   23"  ⎼⎼⎼  46°

   9'  ⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼⎼  66°

   9. 57'      69°

   10   20   Highest   78°

 

Study. chimney Piece  

Add 5° to all these figures for

Protractor  not  quit level.

March 18'

    6°‒ 50' ⎼⎼⎼⎼   64°

    7°.   55'     50°

    8·°  36'     50°

    9 ·   15 –   Low   51


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