RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.06.08. Acanthus mollis. CUL-DAR209.6.10. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1
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-DAR209.6 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
Notes for Movement in plants. Text F1325. Acanthus mollis, Bear's Breeches or Sea Holly is a small flowering plant native to the Mediterranean region. Its large lobbed leaves are represented in the capitals of columns of the Corinthian order.
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Jun 8th 1878 Acanthus mollis
The seedlings which had second leaf in so small a condition have been left, & now after many weeks (for it was first one observed) the second leaf has appeared fully above ground.— Perhaps old M.S will show when it was dug up out of sand & planted in pot.—
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