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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1880]. Fig 58. Acanthus mollis. CUL-DAR209.4.8. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2022. RN1

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(Fig 58) (for numbering) Back)

[Annotated figure]

Cut surface

Is not shading at C in cut too dark

roots have been cut off

Acanthus mollis with 1 cot cut away

[Movement in plants, p. 78: "Acanthus mollis: seedling with the hypogean cotyledon on the near side removed and the radicles cut off; a, blade of first leaf beginning to expand, with petiole still partially arched; b, second and opposite leaf, as yet very imperfectly developed; c, hypogean cotyledon on the opposite side."]

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Seedling with the main hypogean cotyledon … & near & lateral secondary radicles cut off.—

(a) narrow first line

still half bowed

(b) [illeg] & opposite leaf much less developed

C further hypogean cotyled

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