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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1877].12.31-[1878].01.01. Bean (Vicia faba) / Proof sheet of Forms of flowers. CUL-DAR209.4.417. (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. 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 materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).

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Dec. 31' Bean

Bean on sand turned upside down— radicle vertically up projecting above surface of bean .2 of inch — Horizontal glass — in [illeg] darkness

glass — in darkness	Jan 1' 7° off glass to right
8° 30' first dot	7° new big blob
9 13 from light & to left	7. 47 little way to right
	8 50 to right (geotropism?)
9°. 15 ⨀ started fresh less magnified	9 45 to right
9 43 from light & to left	10 30 do zig-zag
10. 20' to left & light	11. 10 to right do
10 53 from light & little to left
11 48 to left & from light
12. 20 to left
1° gone back to right (Look to Plumules/)
1. 34 to light & right
2° gone back & made a little circle
2. 33 to right
3. 8 from light & to right
same course 3. 50 (Used)
nearly do 4. 32
do do 5 12
to right 5. 37
to right 6. 10 & from light
to right 7' 12'
8. 10' gone a little back to light
9— to right.
9. 50 do & little to light
10. 35 to right

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[Proof sheet of Forms of flowers, published pp. 182-3.]

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