RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1877].10.08. Red Cabbage / Draft of Descent, vol. 1. CUL-DAR209.4.56. (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 for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).

Draft of Descent in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin.


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Oct 8th  Red Cabbage 

Right-Hand

 Left Hand, old leaf in same position, but fourth mark put tip nearer— The smaller cots with Bristles 8° 18  


Light

 The large Cots with Bristle 8°. 18'.  


Light

out of sight

out of sigh

 light moved out of glass 8° 55

8'.  Brighter morning  do   55'

Left Plant Blue

Right Plant red

9.25

 

10. 2'   down & to the left

10° 3.' fresh start

 down to right 10 20'

10 20'   up & to left

10. 49'   far to right

10. 51 red far to left

11° 10 to right & a little rising

11° 10'   to right

11° 46'— to left parallel to upper line

11° 47' to right & considerably down

12' 16 far down to left

12. 16' far down to right

12 55'   up & a little to right

12° 55' high up & to left

1°— 28 to the right

1° 28 very high up to left & just out of glass

 2° 10   right up  (Used)

2° 10' down & to right

 still up 2 35

2. 37   down & to right

 horizontal to right 3°.

3° down & to right

3° 28 down & a trifle to right

3. 30'   a little up.

4° a very short bit to left

4° greatly up & great distance to left mark on a vertical scratch

4° 37' high up & to the right

4° 37 gone beyond range of glass

5. 3 far up & to right  

 

5. 30'   on edge of glass

5° 30' has com on to glass & a red cross made

5. 55' Has come into field but no mark made

5. 55 far to right & down

 

7° 5' another red cross not united with other line.

8°. 25 This leaf in strong movement not marked

8° 25 far to left I have joined

Leaves with their cots. upright

8. 45'

 

9 23 out of glass

Not sensitive to touch

 do   .do  10°

 

This bundle refers to movement
of whole plants exposed to
light & traced on vertical glass

 

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Chap 8

reproduction. Thus the females of certain flies (Culicidæ and Tabanidæ) are blood-suckers, while the males and live on flowers & have their mouths destitute of mandibles. *(1) The males of certain moths and some of crustaceans (e.g. Tanais) have their mouth closed rudimentary mouths and cannot of course eat feed. The Complemental males of certain cirripedes live like epiphytic plants either on the female or on the hermaphrodite form, and are destitute both of a mouth and of prehensile limbs. In these cases it is the male which has been modified and has lost certain important parts organs, which are common to all the other members of the same group. In other cases it is the female which has lost such parts; for instance wings lost by the female glow-worm has lot her wings, as have and by many female moths, some of which never leave their cocoons. The      legs, also, have been lost by Many female pra parasitic crustaceans have lost their natatory legs. In some weevil-beetles (Curlionidæ) there is a great difference between the male & female in the length of the rostrum or snout in the male and female *(2) 2 2; but the meaning of this differences in these cases and of many numerous many other analogous cases cases difference is not at all understood. Differences in structure in between the two sexes in relation to different habits of life are generally confined to the lower animals; but with Birds, as we shall hereafter see, some such cases occur in

[Descent 1: 254-5: "Thus the females of certain flies (Culicidæ and Tabanidæ) are blood-suckers, whilst the males live on flowers and have their mouths destitute of mandibles.1 The males alone of certain moths and of some crustaceans (e.g. Tanais) have imperfect, closed mouths, and cannot feed. The Complemental males of certain cirripedes live like epiphytic plants either on the female or hermaphrodite form, and are destitute of a mouth and prehensile limbs. In these cases it is the male which has been modified and has lost certain important organs, which the other members of the same group possess. In other cases it is the female which has lost such parts; for instance, the female glowworm is destitute of wings, as are many female moths, some of which never leave their cocoons. Many female parasitic crustaceans have lost their natatory legs. In some weevil-beetles (Curculionidæ) there is a great difference between the male and female in the length of the rostrum or snout;2 but the meaning of this and of many analogous differences, is not at all understood. Differences of structure between the two sexes in relation to different habits of life are generally confined to the lower animals; but with some few birds the beak of the male differs from that of the female.
1 Westwood, 'Modern Class. of Insects,' vol. ii. 1840, p. 541."]


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