RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.07.02-03. Pontederia / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, folio 7. CUL-DAR209.3.289. (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 on Circumnutation of leaves and hyponasty for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880). The text of the draft corresponds to Cross and self fertilisation, p. 419.


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Pontederia

July 2d

8°    first-mark

 

9°    to left & down

 

10    up

11     same spot

12    .down little

1°   about same spot too cold

2°   an atom to right

3°   an atom up.

4°   a little up, nearer

5    up & to left

 

6°   little to right

7. 15     little down

8 · 50   some way up

10. 35        up

3d    6.48

8. 16 gone up & back a little up

9°   up & little to right

10  5   down & to right

11  5    up again

}

12    little up

  1°    up —

             very obscure so inclined

2°    same spot

3.   8    up

4. 4     down a little ?

5. 18     up.

6. 12   not mark

      do   do

8°   50     fallen

   not marked

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[Other fragments of this are at CUL-DAR209.3.295 and CUL-DAR209.3.289.317-319.]

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