RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877.12.18-28. Bean (Vicia faba) / Proof sheet of Forms of flowers. CUL-DAR209.4.408-412. (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 9.2022. RN3
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 materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
[408-409]
Bean.
Dec. 18th
Diagram I
11º. 55 Dec. 18'
1. 40
2. 55
3. 55
5. 23
6. 51
8º. 30'
9. 24
10. 44 P.m. Dec. 18
⨀ 6º. 45 a.m. Dec. 19th
[409]
Plumule tied
Bean.
Diagram II
3º .P.m Dec. 19th
3. 55
5. 10
6
7. 20'
9. 35
10. 50' P.m 19th
7º a.m. Dec. 20'
8. 7. a.m
x— This ought to be joined ought to be joined
9
9. 30'
8º. 53
10. 45
[410-411]
New Bean
New seedling Bean Dec. 20, 21, 22d
Plumule tied
Diagram III
[411]
1/2 scale
Common Bean
Circumnutation of Free Plumule
Dec. 20' 9º a.m
P.m 10. 45
Dec. 21' 6. 50 a.m
4. 55'
7. 25
9. 5
10 50 P.m
Dec. 22 6 55 a.m
8. 10
— tip of plumule freed itself
10. 15' P.m
card. 6. 50' a.m Dec. 23
(Fig. 15)
8. 55' a.m. Dec. 26'
1º 45
5. 15'
8. 25'
11º P.m 26th
6. 50 a.m. Dec 27
8. 35 a.m
11º. 20
1º
2. 8
7º. 15'
10. 25 P.m 27th
6. 50 am 28th
11 am 28th
Tracing M.
(1/2 scale no lettering)
[412]
V. f. circumnutation of young epicotyl, still [illeg] bent; traced in darkness on horizontal glass during 50 hrs.— Origin as magnified [movement] of end of filament magnified 20 times, here reduced to 1.2 scale.
[412v]
[Proof sheet of Forms of flowers, p. 244]
(Heading left side Concluding Remarks // right side on Heterostyled Plants.)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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